Crash/Reboot prevention strategies
Hi, Is there a howto/faq that describes all the different key combinations a person can use within SuSE/KDE when something is going wrong to try to avoid pressing the restart button on one's computer (or cutting the power). I know that CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE is usually supposed to take one out of a KDE session and back to the login page but this doesn't always seem to work. I ask because I had Realplayer freeze up on me today while using Mozilla and I could move the mouse around but nothing I clicked on would respond at all. (The mouse pointer was different, and was pointing to the top right rather than its usual top left.) I tried all sorts of key combinations to get ANYthing to happen, but nada. Eventually to get control of my computer again I just pressed the restart button. This stinks. I know how to look at the processes that are running with ps -e and type kill [# of some process goes here] to kill an unresponsive process, but in this case I couldn't even get a shell up to type in. What strategies do you use to avoid rebooting? -- Brian Support EFF! http://www.eff.org/ They're defending YOUR rights online.
Brian W. Carver wrote:
Hi,
Is there a howto/faq that describes all the different key combinations a person can use within SuSE/KDE when something is going wrong to try to avoid pressing the restart button on one's computer (or cutting the power). I know that CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE is usually supposed to take one out of a KDE session and back to the login page but this doesn't always seem to work. I ask because I had Realplayer freeze up on me today while using Mozilla and I could move the mouse around but nothing I clicked on would respond at all. (The mouse pointer was different, and was pointing to the top right rather than its usual top left.) I tried all sorts of key combinations to get ANYthing to happen, but nada. Eventually to get control of my computer again I just pressed the restart button. This stinks. I know how to look at the processes that are running with ps -e and type kill [# of some process goes here] to kill an unresponsive process, but in this case I couldn't even get a shell up to type in.
What strategies do you use to avoid rebooting?
CTRL-ALT-ESC will bring up the 'kill' process skull/bones. Simply move it ontop of your offending app and click...it's gone.
On Tuesday, 11 June 2002 23:48, Brian W. Carver wrote:
... I could move the mouse around but nothing I clicked on would respond at all. What strategies do you use to avoid rebooting?
This is **my** experience: if (big IF) the kb overall is not responsive, but at least I can do Ctlr-Alt-F1, then "ps -ax" allows me to kill the roguish application, but if the freeze is such that *even* Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work (I've had quite a few of those!), then the power button is the only escape. -- Regards, gr, in /usually/ sunny, balmy Florida's Suncoast.
On Wednesday 12 June 2002 22:22, gilson redrick wrote:
On Tuesday, 11 June 2002 23:48, Brian W. Carver wrote:
... I could move the mouse around but nothing I clicked on would respond at all. What strategies do you use to avoid rebooting?
This is **my** experience: if (big IF) the kb overall is not responsive, but at least I can do Ctlr-Alt-F1, then "ps -ax" allows me to kill the roguish application, but if the freeze is such that *even* Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work (I've had quite a few of those!), then the power button is the only escape.
If you are networked try to ssh to the box and look around. If you can't even ping it, it's time for the power button. If you can ping the box sometimes it takes a LOOOOONG time to recover, but in most cases it can be done.
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Brian W. Carver
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gilson redrick
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mike
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Rodd Ahrenstorff