Re: [Sheflug] Odd Problem

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 16:12 +0000, Ted wrote:
> I cannot do this as there is no k/board response..

Are you saying you think it won't work, or have you actually tried
it?? :)

Here's why: the SysRq response is directly interpreted by the kernel. If
it's just a piece of software locking up (and X in particular can do a
very good impression of a machine that has hung), it will still get
through, even if they keyboard is otherwise "unresponsive". I believe it
causes an interrupt in a similar manner to Ctrl-Alt-Delete. So, if you
haven't tried it, I would.

You say you get mouse movement; that sounds like Linux probably hasn't
hung, and even more reason that the SysRq stuff would work.

Cheers,

Alex.

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