Markus said:
Instead of booting down with the power button you should first try:
Alt-SysRq-s (syncs the hd's)
Alt-SysRq-u (unmounts them)
Alt-SysRq-b (reboots)
Dad asks:
Is this Alt-PrintScreen or Alt-Shift-PrintScreen? Are The s, or u, or b simultaniously, like a chord?
I tried this on my last freeze and nothing happened. I then tried Num Lock and Caps Lock and neither light on my keyboard changed.( When the computer is alive, they work.)
I beleive that my computer is not seeing keyboard. Maybe my interrupts are not interupting .

After the freeze, it boots to a command line. I can only get GUI by booting CD. Maybe I better go back to a persistent home on hda2?
Am I the only one experiencing these Fatal Freezes??