[Wolves] PC LOCK UP

[Mo Awkati]

Thanks for the tip David. I havn't thought about
checking the caps lock. I'll do that in the future.

Cheers

Mo


 --- David Goodwin <david at openminds.co.uk> wrote: > 
>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.
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Wolves LUG mailing list
> Homepage: http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/
> Mailing list: Wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Mailing list home:
http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves 

________________________________________________________________________
Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" 
your friends today! Download Messenger Now 
http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html