hi Robin, > Everything except the mouse just freezes, and no keyboard combination I > can think of helps. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+Q, Ctrl+Esc, Super+Esc, Ctrl > +Alt+Del... There is only one way out, and that's to hard-reboot > everything (which my harddrive doesn't seem to enjoy).
try magic sysrequests: alt-print-k to kill everything on the current terminal (you should get a new login screen) alt-print-r to reset the keyboard configuration, followed by switching to another terminal (ctrl-alt-[f1,f2,...] - you should get a text login screen. Maybe there are kernel messages of the form: [ uptime ] message. If there are, you could post a screenshot (you know, one with a camera) of them. regards, Arian
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