On Wednesday 21 Apr 2004 9:24 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > In case of nothing (exept the keyboard) working, and right before > you consider a hard reset, you have to play a little piano-sonata : > > <Alt> + <SysRq> + r + s + e + i + u + b > > (Mnemotech : Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring) > > This sequence performs a clean reboot, including sync.
There are one or two people who have recently said they had no option but a hard reset. I would say it was absolutely vital to do this sequence, even if you think the keyboard is dead. I would suggest that Raising Skinny Elephants Is Sometimes Utterly 'Orrible, because It's probably a good idea to sync after killing all the tasks. A soft reboot doesn't send a bus reset to the peripherals, so it might leave them in a bad state. Given the choice it's better to switch the machine off. But either version is a lot better than nothing. -- Richard Urwin
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