[clue-tech] linux n00b question

[Mike Bean]

By the way, and I realize this is a peculiar question for me to ask,
considering where I work.   Has anyone notice lockups running vmw
Workstation?
Oh, and apologies for using this mailing list allot - this has to be my
fourth or fifth question in the last few months.

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:48 AM, adam bultman <adamb at glaven.org> wrote:

> If you have another system, you can always SSH in (assuming you
> installed the SSH server) and kill those procs.
>
> I have my screensaver lock up occasionally (probably due to a VirtualBox
> I have running, with other apps inside that) and I have to go in via SSH
> and kill the gnome-screensaver daemon.
>
> If you just have a dead window, if clicking the 'X' doesn't eventually
> bring up the 'force quit' window, you can 'xkill' at a terminal, and
> then you click on the window to kill.  I haven't used that in a while,
> though, since I usually have three systems running at my desk at a time.
>
>
>
> Mike Bean wrote:
> > Is there a force kill technique for lock-ups? � I know I can go to
> > terminal and kill the PID - provided I can either use the hotkey and
> > GUI and get to terminal, but I wondered if there's a simpler method.
> > �For example, just now my ubuntu 10.04 LTS laptop sleeped/screen
> > locked/screensaver, and didn't give me any kind of prompt for password
> > to wake. � Ended up hitting the power. �I've had browser lockups too,
> > seems like usually when a plugin crashes. � �Wonder about how to kill
> > the browser without having to reboot
> >
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