Re: Mouse frozen cant reach panel to reboot Gnome/shrike (RH9.0) (newbie)

From: wort (Alfred_e_neuman_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:19:48 -0500

On Fri, 28 May 2004 08:01:15 -0700, Doyen Klein wrote:

> The immediate problem is how to get to the Gnome panel at the bottom of the
> screen to choose reboot or shutdown. I can't use the mouse and the keyboard
> shortcut (Ctrl-Alt-Esc) seems to do nothing.
>
> I would settle for a text window to type shutdown, but can't seem to find
> the keyboard shortcuts that work.
>
> The mouse worked for a while (15 minutes) but stops so it may be hardware
> problem.
>
> I am using AMD, going through a Blekin OmniView Pro 8 port KVS and using a
> Sony Multiscan 20sfII. Occasionally it blinks off/on and I'm not sure if
> it's the onboard video, the switch or the monitor, but suspect something may
> be messing up the mouse.

ALT+F1 will bring up your gnome menu.

  wort

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