can't force quit on a MB Pro (OS 10.5.1)

[drjeff]

I have an emergency situation. My Fusion 1.1 and Windows XP have frozen my Mac and I have very important unsaved changes in another (Mac) program. The standard MB Keyboard command is not working and I hope that there is another way to force Fusion to quit short of shutting down the computer. Fortunately II have access to this other computer so that I could post this message.

Help!

Jeff

[drjeff]

Well, I had to shut down and lose my work. This must have been a hard crash of OS 10.5.1. This is the second time that this has ever happened to me. Both times were in Fusion. Any advice?

Jeff

[admin]

Are you using Time Machine or have any disk images open at the time? Is Fusion set to favor OS X application performance or guest disk performance under Preferences?

[drjeff]

Are you using Time Machine or have any disk images open at the time? Is Fusion set to favor OS X application performance or guest disk performance under Preferences?

Although TM is turned on, the TM b/u drive was not attached to the MB. Also there were no disk images open when the hard crash occurred (why, is that a problem??). Fusion is set to optimize the VM disc performance.

[drjeff]

Also, a little issue. Why does my pointer jump to the upper left corner of my screen whenever I first start up and make the first click in my VM? Not a big problem, but annoying...

[admin]

There are some bugs in the way OS X handles sparse disks/FileVault/Time Machine backups/if Fusion is set for OS X application performance under heavy disk load that can cause deadlocks and the need for a hard reset. However, it doesn't sound like this is the case for you. I don't have further ideas right now.

Also, no idea about why the mouse starts in the upper left.