[CentOS] GNOME + Firefox - Mouse froze - what key combination to revive?

[Gordon McLellan]

Lanny,

You might want to look at this, for future reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

-Gordon

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Earlier, I was using GNOME and Firefox and the Mouse died. I had to
> kill the power, to get the box going again, because it doesn't have a
> reset switch;  which is *not* an elegant way to get going. What key
> combination would get me going or to a shell? CentOS 5, fully updated,
> 32 bit.   TIA!
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