Hi, What I meant was to do the ctrl-alt-f1 and setterm either before starting the backup or immediately afterwards before it has hung; then you can leave the computer and do something else and come back to it and if it has hung maybe see a message helping to say why.
Dave -- computer freeze on disc operation with very large files/amounts of blocks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/654163 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs