On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:21:55 -0600, Beowulf wrote:

> My Ubuntu 6.10 system froze up a couple of times yesterday, only when
> playing Unreal Tournament 2004 (full screen mode). ctrl+alt+backspace had
> not effect, neither did ctrl+alt+del Totally frozen, had to use reset
> switch on PC case. Is there anything that can be done in such situations
> to regain control without a hardware reset as I did?

1. Try to open a console (Ctrl-Alt-F2), if that works log in and kill the
game (use ps/top to find the game's PID). Or, do a proper reboot from
that console.

2. SSH into the box from another and do the same as above.


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