On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Nick Copeland <nickycopeland@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The mouse pointer still moving, though, has been common enough hang that >> it stands out in my memory. > > If the mouse still moves then you may be able to try giving a > Control/Alt/Backspace to see if you can restart the X Server and login > again, that does depend on how dead the system is but mouse motion means > that you may also have keyboard control to some extent. > > Regards, Nick. > > ________________________________ > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out! > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > Come to think of it, if the mouse is moving but everything is frozen, hit Control-Alt-F1, log in to a command line, run (h)top to see what process is hogging the CPU and kill it, hitting Control-Alt-F7 to get back to your X session. This will work on almost any distro if your only issue is a misbehaving X11 app. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user