Re: Restarting Linux

From: Joseph David (david_at_frazmtn.com)
Date: 01/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:22:37 -0800

It sounds as though your system did not freeze if you are able to switch
between consoles (Ctrl+Alt+F1, etc.). I am guessing that your GUI (KDE
GNOME, etc.) or XFree86 is what actually froze. To recover from that
freeze without needing to reboot, all you have to do is press Ctrl+Al
+Backspace. This should reset your XFree86 desktop. HTH!

cybose wrote:

> Guess I did it again :(. Suse froze up on me and I have no clue how
> to
> restart it. It does not let me open a Konsole window or open any
> applications for that matter. However Ctrl+Alt+F1 and Ctrl+Alt+F7
> toggles between the kde desktop and a fullscreen
> console window. I tried a few commands there
> reboot is an unrecognized command
> shutdown is an unrecognized command
> kill -s 9 does not work
>
> Is there a hot key to safely restart/shutdown linux. If I pull the
> plug, its going to corrupt the file system and would require me to
> reformat and recreate the disks again i think(I have been there once!)
> The machine has been running for a day now.
> Thanks in advance for any help...

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