Machine on a deadlock

[Doug]

On 09/25/2014 12:45 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 09/25/2014 06:00 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:
>>>> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock.
>>>> What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried
>>>>
>>>> CRTL + ALT + F3
>>>>
>>>> to get a login prompt to issue the reboot command, but the keyboard
>>>> seems to be also locked.
>>>>
>>> I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold
>>> ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. If it works, you'll wind up in
>>> a run-level  and you can type  start x and be back to the system.
>>
>> Thanks, Doug. Unfortunately, that did not work.
>>
>> Paul
>>
> did you try it in lower case?
> 
use lower case, but hold alt+ctrl+printscreen