The mouse pointer still moving, though, has been
common enough hang that
it stands out in my memory.
If the mouse still moves then you may be able to try giving a Control/Alt/Backspace to see
if you can restart the X Server and login again, that does depend on how dead the system
is but mouse motion means that you may also have keyboard control to some extent.
Regards, Nick.
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