Tired of freezing laptop

[Pat Brown]

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> 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.
>>     
>
> Some clarification for his benefit...
>
> Linux uses the concept of terminals to work, or virtual terminals.
>
> The Ubuntu default I think is up to 7. You get to them by hitting alt-f1 
> through alt-f6. X windows works a little different; when running it is 
> running in virtual terminal 7, and the keystroke requires 
> control-alt-f<#> to get to a console. From the console, hitting alt-f7 
> should get you back into your running X session.
>
> Each session will require you to log into it.
>
> X IS NOT EXITED when you do this, so don't panic. From a console, you 
> can hit alt-f7 to get back to your session. From X, 
> control-alt-f<whatever> will pop you back to that particular console 
> session.
>
>   

Well my laptop froze again this morning while I had Konquerer open. I 
used Ctrl Alt F2 to open a terminal, and was able to kill Konquerer. 
When I returned to my GUI everything was working fine. Thanks for making 
this easier.

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

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