Hello, On Sat, 07 Feb 2009, Bob S wrote:
On Saturday 07 February 2009 02:27:23 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Saturday February 7 2009, David Haller wrote:
Hello,
On Thu, 05 Feb 2009, Randall R Schulz wrote: [Sysrq + s]
At this point you can pull the plug, as it were, on your system with a minimum of damage to your files.
Why stop there and not use Sysrq + u and Sysrq + b?
Why not indeed? Especially if you can't reach the reset button.
Then again, "pull the plug" is clearly a metaphor that encompasses unmounting and rebooting via Magic SysRq.
All right. I'll bite......What is SysRq?
==== /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt ==== * What is the magic SysRq key? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is a 'magical' key combo you can hit which the kernel will respond to regardless of whatever else it is doing, unless it is completely locked up. [..] ==== You might have to install the kernel sources first. -dnh -- Too bloated to crash, it can only bounce gently into the limits set by the laws of physics and stop, wobbling slightly. -- unknown -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org