On 9/12/23 14:21, Michael Eager wrote:
On 9/12/23 13:45, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
the gear stops rotating, but the screen remains blank and is
unresponsive.
Can you switch to a virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1 for instance) or log
in via ssh?
(there are ssh apps for smartphones, in case you don't have another
computer with them installed.)
Ctrl-Alt-F1 is not responsive.
I've seen cases of full lock-out except from SSH as a result of a GPU
freeze - the last one of those I had with my i915-driven eGPU was when
trying out an Electron-based app that tried something a bit too fancy.
(IOW, a modern desktop with all bells and whistles could have that
same effect, I fear.)
I can try SSH.
I can log in remotely using SSH, into the same account with the locked
screen. There's essentially zero CPU usage. Plasmashell is running.
Running "killall -u <user>" brings the system back to the login window.
