On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:35:08PM +0100, Alex Schuster wrote > No. But try Alt-SysRq-R, this removes keyboard control from X, > and you should be able to switch to a text terminal. If not, > Alt-SysRq-{E,I,S,U,B} (with little pasues between each) will at > least do a cleaner reboot than hitting the reset button.
Note that this requires "Magic SysRq key" support in the kernel. Under "make menuconfig" enable... Kernel hacking ---> [*] Magic SysRq key -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>