[clue] troubleshooting X suggestions?

[David L. Willson]

Try <control>+<alt>+F1 (or F2, F3, ... , F6) 

That should take you to a TTY where you can sign-in and attempt to troubleshoot the issue. 

David L. Willson 
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----- Original Message -----

> 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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