redirected to vox-tech begin Jonathan Stickel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I was previously unaware of the magic sysreq keys. They do look useful, > and I read the documentation as you suggest. From what I can tell, it > is compiled in my kernel (CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y), but I am wondering if > it is disabled with the run-time command: "echo "0" > > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq", as suggested by the documentation. In fact, my > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq contains the single character "0". Where would I > find this run time command? Can I just delete it or comment it out? > Thanks, > > Jonathan
have you tried to use sysreq and it didn't work? pete > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > >hi doug, > > > >check out /usr/src/linux-2.4.20/Documentation/sysrq.txt > > > >it's very short. basically, you make the kernel: > > > >1. flush buffers ("sync disks") > >2. remount all partitions as read-only > >3. reboot > > > >print screen == sysrq > > > >alt-sysrq-s flush > >alt-sysrq-u remount partitions as read-only > >alt-sysrq-b reboot > > > >you can actually send TERM and KILL to all processes. this is the kind > >of thing you should really read about before using. it's short and > >well written. > > > >pete > > > > > >begin R. Douglas Barbieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>Okay, so explain to me the magic sysreq keys... :-) I experience lockups > >>sometimes when I'm trying to start up Win4Lin. It hoses my machine so > >>badly that Ctrl-Alt-Backspace won't even kill X (and Ctrl-Alt-Fn doesn't > >>even work. I have to hard restart when that happens). > >> > >>On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 09:38:11PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote: > >> > >>>Today's Linux demo was pretty successful. Mike showed up (a bit late > >>>;^) ) > >>>with the Demo machine. Before that, I just had the flyers set up, and > >>>a couple of kids came by, and I gave them Tux Paint CDs. :^) > >>> > >>>When the computer showed up, we started getting many more visitors. > >>>Questions ranged from "I use Linux at work, and the other day it > >>>/completely/ > >>>locked up!" (Mike explained magic sysreq keys) to "Why would I want > >>>Linux?" > >>>(I said "for the good of humanity"; she really digged that answer, and > >>>stuck around and talked for a long time) > >>> > >>>Towards the latter half, Jeff Newmiller came by and set up his laptop, > >>>so we had one desktop, one laptop, and one PDA (which didn't get too > >>>much use). > >>> > >>> > >>>We worked on getting Apache configured to show off the LUGOD.org website, > >>>demo'd Tux Paint a lot, and played a little with getting OCR software to > >>>work (in response to someone's complaint about Windows). > >>> > >>> > >>>Henry - we should set one up for April or May! > >>> > >>>-- > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Hire me! > >>>http://newbreedsoftware.com/bill/ > >>>http://newbreedsoftware.com/bill/resume/ > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>vox mailing list > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox > >> > >>-- > >>R. Douglas Barbieri > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://www.dooglio.net > >> > >>GPG Fingerprint : FE6A 6A57 2B95 7594 E534 BFEE 45F1 9E5E F30A 8A27 > >>MIT.edu recv-key: F6368A3D > >>GPG Public key : http://www.dooglio.net/dooglio.asc > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vox mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox -- Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech