Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 04 Apr 2015 14:41:12 +0200, lee wrote: > >>> On Linux now there's the Magic SysRq Key feature for that. >> I always can't remember which keys to press with that, so I have it >> disabled. > BUSIER backwards. > >> And when the keyboard is unresponsive, it won't work. > It usually does. The kernel sees the Magic key events directly, so even > if your X server has crashed, it will still respond to Alt-SysReq. > >
I used that on a few puters. I don't recall this ever not working. X may not see the keyboard but the kernel does. It's a life saver at times too. At least you can sync and unmount cleanly. Dale :-) :-)
