# Accessing Linux through my mac **URL:** \ **Category:** Tools and Tech\ **Created:** [May 4, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013 "2021-05-04T01:08:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shauna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/shauna/32/10988_2.png) [@Shauna](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Shauna)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/1 "2021-05-04T01:08:04Z")
Hi there, I have both a Linux and a mac system at home. When my Linux system locks up is there a way I can use the terminal from my mac to get into my Linux system to kill flame. Right now when I get locked out I have to power cycle and I find it irritating and time consuming! Any tech savvy flamers out there who might have a solution? Thanks, Shauna ---
**Author:** ![friendlyape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@friendlyape](https://forum.logik.tv/u/friendlyape)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/2 "2021-05-04T01:10:06Z")
you should be able ssh into your linux box and run killall flame, sometimes its a little iffy but works most of the time for me ---
**Author:** ![PlaceYourBetts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/placeyourbetts/32/6852_2.png) [@PlaceYourBetts](https://forum.logik.tv/u/PlaceYourBetts)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/3 "2021-05-04T01:10:59Z")
Yeah @Shauna you should be able to open a terminal and type: ssh root@[machine name] I use this to kill my flame when it has locked up ---
**Author:** ![PlaceYourBetts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/placeyourbetts/32/6852_2.png) [@PlaceYourBetts](https://forum.logik.tv/u/PlaceYourBetts)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/4 "2021-05-04T01:18:10Z")
If you need a good kill command I have one that I use: > ps -aux | grep /bin/flame Find the number associated with your flame task and kill > kill -9 [number] ---
**Author:** ![kirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/kirk/32/151_2.png) [@kirk](https://forum.logik.tv/u/kirk)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/5 "2021-05-04T01:28:42Z")
Before doing that it might be worth trying cntl-alt-shift-backspace to reset graphics and pop yourself back to the login screen. Useful for when, I don’t know, maybe you went a _little_ crazy with motion vectors and forgot to pre-render. ---
**Author:** ![Shauna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/shauna/32/10988_2.png) [@Shauna](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Shauna)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/6 "2021-05-04T01:34:05Z")
Thanks I will try this next time it happens. ---
**Author:** ![Shauna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/shauna/32/10988_2.png) [@Shauna](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Shauna)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/7 "2021-05-04T01:35:07Z")
@kirk So try this first then - cool, thanks for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/8 "2021-05-04T01:45:43Z")
Also, if you can Alt Tab into the terminal that launched Flame, Control + C in that will kill Flame. Also, the Flame Service Monitor App has a tab that includes a Kill Flame button. ---
**Author:** ![Shauna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/shauna/32/10988_2.png) [@Shauna](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Shauna)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/9 "2021-05-04T01:46:03Z")
@friendlyape .Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Shauna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/shauna/32/10988_2.png) [@Shauna](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Shauna)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/10 "2021-05-04T01:55:20Z")
@randy Sometimes when I’m locked up the alt tab doesn’t work. Can you tell me where I find the Flame Service Monitor on a Linux system? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/11 "2021-05-04T02:17:39Z")
Ah, well, if you can’t Alt Tab then this won’t be helpful. But, I think on Linux its an application you can launch thats right next the Flame Setup application in the Applications/Autodesk. Looks like this. ![Screen Shot 2021-05-03 at 9.16.10 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/e/ef2e54f7a2068efa94bfd056c45a1da8ae19791d.png) I’d be more interested in finding out why your machine is locking up so hard. Typically thats a full vram or ram swapping problem. Do you have a big comp or multiple big comps open when it slowly grinds to a halt? ---
**Author:** ![Shauna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/shauna/32/10988_2.png) [@Shauna](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Shauna)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/12 "2021-05-04T02:38:26Z")
@randy Well both times it happened I was trying to play back 50/50 blend with the offline. Files are 4448x3096 anamorphic and the clips were cached but not rendered. I got the green play arrow icon but it completely locked me up. I had 4 batches open on the desktop but they were all small batches. And i have 8 sequences open 90/60/30/15 x 2. Does that sound like a full vram or ram swapping problem? Btw, Problem went away when I rendered the timeline. Thanks for the input. ---
**Author:** ![kirk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/kirk/32/151_2.png) [@kirk](https://forum.logik.tv/u/kirk)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/13 "2021-05-04T04:18:09Z")
One thing to keep in mind is that occasionally the cntl-alt maneuver will leave flame running, so you’ll still have to do one (or several!) of the shell commands described above before you can get it to launch. This is typically when I call engineering. ---
**Author:** ![Sinan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sinan/32/155_2.png) [@Sinan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sinan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/14 "2021-05-04T09:27:10Z")
Check that you don’t have “Selection” selected on your play options. Sometimes if you don’t have any segment selected, but you have “Selection” as the option it might just hang. On second thought you should be able to tab-out in that case… ---
**Author:** ![friendlyape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@friendlyape](https://forum.logik.tv/u/friendlyape)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/15 "2021-05-05T14:43:10Z")
typing ServiceMonitor into terminal will bring it up on linux 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shauna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/shauna/32/10988_2.png) [@Shauna](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Shauna)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/accessing-linux-through-my-mac/3013/16 "2021-05-05T15:56:50Z")
@friendlyape Thank you!