On 2/26/07, Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Please turn off the HTML mail. Thanks. On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 06:44:42AM -0800, Larry Kelly wrote: > > I have Fedora6 with VIA chipset onboard video and Gnome. Many of the > installed applications will freeze the display screen, and mouse. When > this happens is there a Gnome keyboard shortcut that will give me access to > a shell prompt, so that I can kill the offending process, or restart X > windows. Right now, my only option is to turn the power off. If you have another computer handy, try: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5405
Or simply set up mgetty so that you can log in through a nullmodem cable on a serial port. Probably safer, too (if very 90ish). Andras