Tired of freezing laptop

[Bart Silverstrim]

Pat Brown wrote:
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> steve wrote:
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>> Pat Brown wrote:
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>>> How do I get to a terminal when my X is frozen? I'll try that next time 
>>> it freezes.
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>> I believe what your looking for is typing this in a terminal from
>> another linux box,,,, or windows through putty
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>> ssh username at 192.168.1.100     (change the ip and username to the
>> laptops info)
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>> type your password
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>> then issue the command
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>> top
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>> this will show you all processes in memory. your looking to press k
>> which will kill a "pid"  look for the # of the pid which exceeds say
>> 70-80, and kill it. (press k, then the pid#, then enter.  itll probably
>> be konqueror.
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>> man top  in a terminal for more info on that command.
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>> - --
>> Steve Reilly
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>> http://reillyblog.com
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> Except I don't have another Linux box or a Windows machine. (Yet)

Ah...if/when you do, let us know and we'll guide you through some other 
things to help with troubleshooting as well in the future. If you have a 
Windows system, look for a CD called XLiveCD. It is a LIFESAVER for 
people wanting remote X sessions from a Windows computer (posting this 
for others on the list to check out).