Timeline for What to do when a Linux desktop freezes?
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| S Mar 27, 2024 at 17:12 | history | suggested | Amazon Dies In Darkness | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Upgraded link to HTTPS; improved readability
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| Mar 25, 2024 at 7:23 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Oct 27, 2020 at 18:01 | comment | added | rashid | In Fedora, the key is any of Ctrl+Alt+F[3-6]. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 10:30 | comment | added | Paulo Carvalho | None of those worked for me. I can only use the server via SSH. The local console is absolutely unresponsive (mouse, keyboard and monitor all frozen). | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 20:41 | comment | added | Accountant م | My console opens with Ctrl+Alt+F3 not F1 . I'm using fedora workstation 28 | |
| Dec 1, 2017 at 14:55 | comment | added | revolutionary | I don't seen anyone mentioning this but what you can also do is restart the lightdm service. So switch to virtual console CTRL+ALT+F1 and type "sudo service lightdm stop" and then "sudo service lightdm restart". This will essentially log you out and then you can log back in. | |
| Jun 14, 2017 at 17:25 | comment | added | charsi | On Mint I have to press crtl+alt+f8 to return back to the gui | |
| Mar 7, 2017 at 23:36 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jan 30, 2017 at 16:04 | comment | added | Palec | Only the asterisk on numeric keypad should work, @user149408. The linked thread in oss-sec mailing list suggest that. | |
| S Nov 7, 2016 at 20:58 | history | suggested | Gabriel Staples | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
formatting, & added htop command as well, which is an improved form of top, and info about returning with ctrl + alt + F7
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 20:30 | comment | added | Gabriel Staples |
See the Command Line answer here too (askubuntu.com/a/19873/327339). Use k to kill a selected process, followed by default option 15 to kill it nicely, or 9 to kill it right away.
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 20:20 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jan 29, 2015 at 10:11 | comment | added | user149408 | Which asterisk should in use for Ctrl+Alt+*? The one on the numeric keypad or in the alpha block? In the latter case, what would I press on non-US keyboards? | |
| Nov 27, 2014 at 5:44 | comment | added | Franki | Wasn't the kill foreground process under pointer key combination Ctrl + Alt + Esc, or did that change? (And why do my key buttons not show correct formatting?) | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 14:01 | comment | added | Palec |
For a windows guy and a beginner in Linux, I would recommend installing htop instead of top as it is easier to operate.
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| Feb 16, 2012 at 10:14 | vote | accept | Lynob | ||
| Feb 16, 2012 at 10:09 | history | edited | enzotib | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 40 characters in body
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| Feb 16, 2012 at 9:54 | history | answered | Mathieu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |