[ubuntu-za] Lucid crashing badly

[Trevor Hughes]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Gavin <netmatters at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Cannot restart X, cannot ctl/alt+ F1/2/3 to get a shell either, the
> ONLY thing I can do is kill the power. Not cool at all. :-(
>
Have you tried the magix SysRq keys -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

I had a problem with my graphics and dual screens and the machine
would hang and I could not get a text console or anything - but the
SysRq magic keys rebooted the machine - telling me that it was not
completely dead!

Trev