> 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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