Tired of freezing laptop

[Pat Brown]

Leonard Smith wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
>   
I'm going to try all these when it happens next time. Thanks.

Pat Brown
pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com
http://www.pabrown.ca/

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