On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:50 PM, William L. Maltby <CentOS4Bill at 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