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Re: [LUG] SysRq keys to restart cleanly

 

On Wed, 9 Mar 2011, Paul Sutton wrote:

Hi

Looking up the SysRq key I found the following which may be useful

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-617349.html

Its essentially saying how to use alt-SysRq to shutdown and restart if X
decides to throw a wobbly and not allow input.

How often does this happen?

I've not had it happen to me for some time now - years?

However I'm not particularly 'adventurous' in that I rarely run any games or anything fancy that might cause problems.

Gordon

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