Re: Howto survive a frozen KDE session

[Chris Kloiber <ckloiber rochester rr com>]

Michael Rich wrote:
> 
> Any tips on how to get out of a frozen KDE session?  I've tried all the
> shortcut keys to try to get to a command prompt, but nothing seems to be
> working, the caps lock won't even come on.  All this because I tried to open
> the GNOME menu from the little start menu thing.  Won't try that again.
> 
> Is there a way to kill the X-server stuff and get back to command prompt, or
> is my only hope to hit the reset button?
> 
> Michael Rich
> http://alphax86dev.cjb.net
> http://www.cdx.sk/userwebs/zdrpg

If you can't get to virtual terminals or Control-Alt-Backspace, and the
CapsLock doesn't even come on, you seem to be in the deep freeze. Can
you telnet into the box and halt from there? (unlikely, but worth a
shot).

Chris Kloiber