Paul Scott wrote: > If the former (ignorant question on my part) how do I log in via ssh?
Install and configure sshd. Use an ssh client on another machine to login to your "frozen" machine. If the machine isn't really totally hosed, you can do this. Then su to root and try killing X. As a last resort, use shutdown to turn the machine off gracefully. If you don't want to hassle with ssh, you can settle for telnet as long as you make sure that there's no way to connect to it from the Internet. If you have only one machine, or no local network, then obviously this won't work for you. Another possibility would be to buy a cheap used serial terminal and compile support for serial-port consoles into your kernel. I used to have one of these. It came in handy at times. Craig
