[clue] troubleshooting X suggestions?

[Shawn T Perry]

Of that does not work, ssh into the box can work around it sometimes.
On Oct 31, 2011 5:11 PM, "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:

> 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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> 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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