I, like at least 75% of people, don't run telnetd. _Tech
On 2 Jan 2002, Brian Nelson wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > > > on Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 12:38:34PM +0000, Simon R Tod ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > > Don't cross-post. Reply sent to debian-user only. > > > > > My laptop's been left on for the past 48 hours. > > > > Six days here. Uptimes of up to 22 days. > > > > > When I came back to it this morning it was very hot, the fan was > > > kicking in evert minute or two and everything was working really > > > slowly.... > > > > Not unusual if it's working hard or swapping heavily. > > > > > It's now just ceased up completely. The text has disappeared off my > > > xterm and I can't get any movement out of the mouse. > > > > Ditto. > > > > > I don't see how I can do anything but just turn the power off, leave > > > it for a few hours to cool down then reboot. > > > > Try switching to a console. Sometimes your X session is less > > responsive. If you've got a network, try ssh'ing into the box. > > Actually, telnet's better if the box is really struggling, presumably > because setting up an encrypted session takes more CPU power. > > When my box has been really unresponsive, I could usually get in with > telnet, but ssh would time out. > > -- > Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://bignachos.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >