[clue] troubleshooting X suggestions?

[Mike Bean]

So, I've been getting some X hangs lately.  I didn't think much of the
first two, but I'm starting to think I need to pay attention.   I suspect
it's browser/flash issue, but I don't know how I'll ever prove that.

Anyway - I have a couple questions.

1. Is there a better way to recover from application hang then just zapping
the X server?  cntrl-alt-backspace?
I know that if I've got a working terminal window I can theorhetically kill
the offending process, but what if I don't have a working terminal?
2. I wonder if there's a log somewhere I need to be reading when these
happen so I can avoid setting off the same landmine twice?   It's a system
hang, (unresponsive to mouse and keyboard), I suspect X, I could go to
/etc/X11, but I don't see a logs directory; besides, logically speaking X
could be innocent.  I see this kind of behavior in windows, you usually
just respond with the 3 finger salute and kill the "not responding" process
in task manager.

Anyway, guidance/suggestions are appreciated.
My distro is:
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11
DISTRIB_CODENAME=katya
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 11 Katya"

thanks and regards,

Mike Bean
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