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 at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >