[Gllug] Frozen machine?

[Vincent AE Scott]

Wulf Forrester-Barker(wulf.f-b at uhl.nhs.uk)@Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 03:27:45PM +0000:
> Any suggestions on how I can rescue the Linux machine that sits next to
> me? I logged into it via the keyboard (using KDM to go straight into
> KDE) and as soon as it built the desktop, it froze up (no mouse or
> keyboard response).
> 
> However, I can still access it via telnet, and it's still happily
> serving webpages. Since it's obviously still alive, I'm loathe to hit
> the power button. Is there anyway I can poke it via telnet to bring it
> back to life?
> 
> Wulf
> 

kill `cat /var/run/xdm.pid` 


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