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ctrl alt del used to do a graphics reset which often was all that was needed. ctrl alt f2 should put you in a terminal. If you had not done that I would give it a try and see if the whole system had crashed which would cause the terminal to not be responsive or if its just the grahics in which case you can login and reset the graphics.