Ctrl + Alt + F[1-0] to access other TTYs which might still be responsive even if your desktop environment is unresponsive. Pull up top/htop and ID the problematic process to kill.
Agree with using an oom killer.
Do you need more swap? Can use swap file if expanding swap partition is problematic.
Ctrl + Alt + F[1-0]
to access other TTYs which might still be responsive even if your desktop environment is unresponsive. Pull uptop
/htop
and ID the problematic process to kill.Agree with using an oom killer.
Do you need more swap? Can use swap file if expanding swap partition is problematic.