Am 22.08.2012 00:43, schrieb Joe Zeff: > It just happened again. I have reason to think that Firefox is responsible, > but at present, it's just a guess. > (One way I can tell it's happening is that I have an analog desktop clock > running, and don't maximize windows. As > long as the sweep-second hand's moving, I know the box hasn't froze.) > > None of the Magic SysReq keys worked, and I ended up using the reset button > again. After rebooting and logging in, > I opened a terminal and as root ran > > tail -f /var/log/messages > > to watch what, if anything happened. I then used RightAlt-SysReq-r and saw > the response that the keyboard had been > set back to default. Using s caused an emergency sync, so I know that it > works when I'm in X, something I hadn't > tried before. Now we know, it's not just X that hangs
and for that is STRG+ALT+Print+K which kills X really and bring you back to the login-screen which is way more helpful than a complete reboot or reset Kill all processes on the current virtual console (Can be used to kill X and svgalib programs, see below) This was originally designed to imitate a Secure Access Key http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
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