Holding down the power button when the systems freezes

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:56 PM, David G. Miller <dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:
> CTRL+ALT+F2 through CTRL+ALT+F6 (where F# = Function key #) will bring up an
> alternate console.  Hold down Control and Alt then pick a function key.  Get
> back to the GUI with CTRL+ALT+F1 on Fedora or CTRL+ALT+F7 on RHEL and clones.
> If the system is busy, you may have to wait a little while for it to respond.
>
> Another choice is CTRL+ALT+Backspace to kill the GUI.  If you start in graphical
> mode, the GUI will restart.  If you start in text mode, you'll get back to your
> original login session.

Thanks, David, for your clear and detailed explanation.

Paul