Tired of freezing laptop

[Leonard Smith]

> Pat Brown wrote:
> 
> > 
> > How do I get to a terminal when my X is frozen? I'll try that next time 
> > it freezes.
> 
> I believe what your looking for is typing this in a terminal from
> another linux box,,,, or windows through putty
> 
> ssh username at 192.168.1.100     (change the ip and username to the
> laptops info)
> 
> type your password
> 

You can also try Ctrl+Alt+F2, or Ctrl+Alt+F3, etc. until F6. That'll get
you to a console where you can login and enter the top command. Since
you can Ctrl+Alt+Bksp, it may work. Sometimes my laptop takes a while to
switch, but it eventually gets there.