On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 09:10:38AM +1000, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: >> On 1 Jun 2021, at 05:26, Marc Shapiro via Dng <[email protected]> wrote:
>> /var/log/exim4/paniclog on quixote.home has non-zero size, mail >> system might be broken. The last 10 lines are quoted below. >> >> 2021-05-29 19:35:47 daemon: fork of queue-runner process failed: >> Cannot allocate memory *SKIP* > Next time, before just powering down the system, you should try the > Magic SysRq keyboard shortcuts to see if the kernel is still > responding. > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/sysrq.html (I found out this The Hard Way) If anyone is interested in resorting to The Magic SysRq in some unforseable future, then such person should check content of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq now before it's too late. > I like to follow the example used on the Wikipedia page which lists > the Alt+SysRq+REISUB keys for doing a safer reboot than simply just > hitting the physical power button. Unfortunately, due to contents of above mentioned 'sysrq' I had no chance to verify, but may be SysRq+REIV could be enough. *CUT* -- Torvalds' goal for Linux is very simple: World Domination Stallman's goal for GNU is even simpler: Freedom _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
