12 Oct
2004
12 Oct
'04
20:43
It depends. Since X controls all input devices and output when it's active, a total X freeze can be indistinguishable from a total system freeze. For all practical purposes, it *is* a total system freeze, unless you can reach the system through ssh or similar, or can use a magic sysrq to kill it or something. This is the most common "system crash" in linux.
Good tip, Anders-- I'd actually killed my sshd service figuring there'd be absolutely no need for me to ever ssh into my own box.