[plug] CTRL-ALT-DEL

[Brian Tombleson]

> PREFACE:  In Windows when Windows lock up (which is quite often)
> and not a lot moves on the screen moves (and I mean nothing) sometimes
> (and I mean rarely) the key combination CTRL-ALT-DEL will call up
> processes that may have halted the system.

> QUESTION:  Is there such a command in Linux when nothing seems to be
active?

> SUPP:  I am running a very temperamental AMD at the moment.  It has
already
> locked up countless times in Windows - and twice in Linux.

I'm not a GUI expert, but I'd expect that if you can't do a CTRL-ALT-F1
(through to F6) to get a virtual terminal up then you probably have a
hardware lockup that your system won't recover from.

When it locks up in Windows, can you get a process/task list (ie. the
CTL-ALT-DEL thing?)?  If your CPU gives out on you, no operating system will
recover.

-Brian