[Discuss] Unexplained GUI lockups

[Jerry Feldman]

On 04/16/2012 05:15 PM, Jack Coats wrote:
> Sometimes I was able to Cntl-Alt-Insert (if I remember right) or to
> switch to a console (non-X) and login, and kill X and the 'world would
> restart' (X is restarted automatically with the appropriate gui).
>
> But at times it gets so hosed up, the only thing I can do is power off
> (hold the power button for 4sec or more) the hard way.  But doing that
> just grates at my UNIX soul (because it sounds so much like 'fixing
> M$Windows' methodology so many 'techs' use).
>
In all cases I am able to log in via ssh and the response time in ssh is
very good.

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