[Wolves] PC LOCK UP

[David Goodwin]

 From my experience if a computer locks up, try pressing caps lock - if 
the light on the keyboard continues to work then it's just a problem 
with X - in which case trying ctrl+alt+f6 might work and take you to a 
console. Otherwise, remote access from a network might help (e.g. kill 
X). Failing that, a reboot is often required.

David.


Mo Awkati wrote:
> Hi Aq
>  
> Thanks for the info. Re XDoom , there is a newbie for you!!! I don't 
> have a LAN so I will try the other options. The pc locked once with me 
> so far and it was probably my fault and I didn't know how to recover it, 
> hence my questions. I am, however, occasionally the pc does not boot all 
> the way, it seems to hang around the area when it it is checking IDE, it 
> may be because I don't have a piece of hardware connected to the primary 
> IDE as I have a SATA hard drive and it has a separate connection on the 
> motherboard. I might put the CD-ROM on the primary IDE and the DVD on 
> the secondary IDE, that way the boot process is not waiting for a reply 
> when probing the hardware which is what I think is happening.
>