Desktop froze

[Bill]

On 2023-06-12 08:23, Jonesy via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2023 17:48:43 -0400, Bill wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using Mint 21.1 (Vera) with the Mate desktop, running on an I 7 CPU
>> and 12 GB of memory.  Recently, I had the desktop freeze up.  At the
>> time, I was doing nothing of importance (playing solitaire while waiting
>> for an important phone call) and there was nothing that I was running in
>> the background.  I was dragging a card to another pile when the drag
>> operation just stopped.  The entire desktop stopped.  The mouse cursor
>> could move around normally but nothing could be selected.  The keyboard
>> also stopped working, so obviously all of the input functions were not
>> working.  I could not even select a terminal window to drop down to a
>> command prompt or do an orderly shutdown.
>> The only solution was to hold down the power button to force a system
>> shutdown.
> No, not "the only".  Google for "REISUB".
>
> Jonesy

WS=> I didn't know about Reisub but it probably wouldn't work because 
ALL input was frozen and unusable.  With no Keyboard input, what could I 
do?  The power button was the only way to force a shutdown.

Bill Stanley