On Nov 28, 1:20 pm, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > further to that, can you ssh into the box? Just because it doesn't > respond to the keyboard doesn't mean it inaccessible.
I never thought of this. I'll try it if it happens again. > And, use alt-sysrq-s to sync your disks before you power-down. you can > also alt-sysrq-b to reboot, if you don't want to go the power switch > route. If the kernel doesn't respond to the alt-sysrq keys, then > you've got a truly hard lockup and I'd start looking for hardware > problems. These key combos I never even heard of. Ditto. I'll try them if it happens again. Thanks for all the good advice. rd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
