Hi!
OK, here's my test results:
Leendert Meyer
Did you try <Ctrl>+<Alt>-<Backspace> to kill X?
Nope, but tried now. Doesn't work though.
What's in the logs?
Sorry, I'm not that firm in Linux yet ;-( What are the relevant logs for a berserking X?
Can you login remotely with another PC? If you can, run 'top' prior to testing to see if there is a process going mad (using 100% CPU or memory).
Not that easy, as the other machine is Bill OS only (I admit, sigh! Shame on me!) and with my fli4l-router I haven't got the neccessary software on this machine. Is there an easy way to log into a Unix machine from Bill OS? Anyway, I don't think the machine is completely crashed, as from time to time I can still see the HDD-LED signaling a short disk access. It seems more to me that some process has gone berserk, dooming the whole system. Thought this could only Windoze do...
Edit /etc/sysconfig/sysctl, set
ENABLE_SYSRQ="yes"
Run SuSEconfig, and reboot.
Ack. Did that.
This enables the kernel's "magic key" sequences, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt
In short: if <Ctrl>+<Alt>-<Del> does not work, you /may/ have now a last
resort:
Press these sequences in the same order:
<Alt>+<SysRq>-<S> ==> S)yncs the disks <Alt>+<SysRq>-<U> ==> U)nmounts the disks <Alt>+<SysRq>-<B> ==> reB)oots
(release all keys between sequences)
Tried it. Doesn't work either :-(
[Germans call <Ctrl>+<Alt>-<Del> 'Affengriffe' (monkeygrip/grab). I wonder how they would call those <SysRq> combinations... ;) ]
Hm, good question! I could only tell you the english nick for the 'Affengriff', INMHO also a nice one: It's Vulcan-nerve-pinch ;-) Anyone an idea for SysRq-combinations? How about 'Gorillagrab', as you have to spread your fingers even wider?
The SysRq combinations do not always work, but it is best to try them instead of relying on the recovery mechanisms of e.g. the Reiser or Ext3 filesystems.
Yep, that's right. Luckily until today my transaction FS fell on its feet every time I had to shotgun the machine. Cheerz Peter -- Mr. Worf, lock a tractor beam on that Tagline and bring it in.