[comp.unix.aux] MacOS Crash, can I recover easily?

brian@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us (Brian S. Schang) (02/01/91)

Last night while running A/UX 2.0, specifically a MacOS program, the
program hung.  If a program hangs, what can I do short of hitting
reset?  Is there a key combination that I can use to force A/UX back
to the Login: screen?  Will it eventually time out (if so, after how
long)?

Thanks in advance.
-- 
Brian S. Schang   N8FOG          brian@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us
46131 Academy Drive              schang@caen.engin.umich.edu
Plymouth, MI  48170-3519

arpp@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (arpp) (02/02/91)

In article <1991Feb1.061204.320@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us> brian@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us (Brian S. Schang) writes:
>Last night while running A/UX 2.0, specifically a MacOS program, the
>program hung.  If a program hangs, what can I do short of hitting
>reset?  Is there a key combination that I can use to force A/UX back
>to the Login: screen?  Will it eventually time out (if so, after how
>long)?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>-- 
>Brian S. Schang   N8FOG          brian@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us
>46131 Academy Drive              schang@caen.engin.umich.edu
>Plymouth, MI  48170-3519


You can hold down the Control and Command keys and hit "E" to terminate your
processes and return you to the Login Dialog Box. If you have MacsBug installed
you can hit Control-Command-I to get into MacsBug. From there you can manipulate
the MacO/S processes and/or kill the offending process "es" or log out "rb".

-ped-