Killing a process when desktop hang

[Haines Brown]

> > Thanks for the suggestion, but the problem is that my entire desktop
> > is hung, not just the application. C-M-F3 does not take me to a
> > console, and C-M-BkSp does not shut down the X server. 

> I've had the same problem, the only solution I've found working is to 
> login with SSH from another machine and kill the app that have hung the 
> GUI. No keystrokes at all work. Quite serious bug imho, but I don't know 
> what causes it :/
> 
> //Marcus

Marcus,

If I may be allowed to ask a OT naive question:

The remote host with the hung desktop is connected to port 1 of my
hardware firewall, while my local client is on port 0. The ubuntu
remote host, not having been entirely set up, is not configured
for networking, and so has no IP address to put into my local client's
/etc/hosts. My firewall allows ssh outgoing, but not incoming. 

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       Haines Brown
         KB1GRM
         ET1(SS) U.S.S. Irex 482