Lanny,
Don't forget to enable the featuret... magic sysrq is disabled by default.
quoting from http://aplawrence.com/Words2005/2005_04_13.html:
"To use it, you need to have it enabled in your kernel (CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ). It usually is; if you have a file called '/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq' you have this. To ENABLE the magic functions, you need a "1" in that file. If it has 0, Alt-SysRq just returns you to the previous console you were using."
-Gordon
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:50 PM, William L. Maltby CentOS4Bill@triad.rr.com wrote:
<snip> > Did you try switching to a virtual terminal, e.g. <CTL>-<ALT>-<F1>?
Bill: I tried CTL-ALT-F2 and I tried CTL-ALT-DEL
If the box is not totally frozen
It was 100% frozen.
this should let you work at a command line. Then you might be able to restart the desktop with a telinit 3 and telinit 5 combination, look at log files to see if there are any messages, etc.
That hadn't happened for a long time. The next time it happens, I hope I can remember ALT-SysRq-b to try to reboot the box. Lanny _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos