Re: [LUG] SysRq keys to restart cleanly

[Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/03/11 06:53, tom wrote:
> On 09/03/11 21:16, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > 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
> I actually used to get it quite often. My system(s) often have several 
> users logged in on different terminals running lots of programs and 
> ctrl-alt-Fn would give up. I was annoyed to find ctrl-alt-backspace 
> had been removed but used to ssh in from another and kill gdm or 
> reboot (it dont take long these days which makes it dangerously easy). 
> Its seems to have stopped happening now I have an alternative...
> Tom te tom te tom
ok how about a talk on all of thisl what to do if you r system freezes 
lyou have seveal options,


ctrl-alt-backspace
ssh
sysrq

I will see what i can put togetherk and get help at meetings so its 
technically right but not too complex

paul

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17th September 2011 - Software freedom day



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