I've figured out how to force a hard lockup on my system, by trying to
log on to my ADSL service when the modem is switched off. Yeah, I know...
Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do that.
Doctor: In that case... *DON'T DO THAT*.
During one such lockup, I discovered that Magic SysRq doesn't work in
X. For those of you who haven't heard of it...
less /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt
The feature that I wanted to access was the ability to force an
emergency sync of the disks before powering off the system. This would
require simultaneously pressing {ALT}{SysRq}s after which I want to
force a boot with {ALT}{SysRq}b
This does work in a true textmode, but not in X. Fortunately,
Reiserfs' journalling saved my neck, but I'd rather not have to shut
down a machine that hasn't been synced. Is there a way to tell X to
pass through the {ALT}{SysRq}<random key> combo?
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Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm not repeating myself
I'm an X Window user... I'm an ex-Windows-user
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