2013/1/29 Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > When the machine freezes, try pressing Alt-SysRq-b to force a reboot, if the > kernel is still alive, somewhere. This will still require a filesystem > repair, but at least it'll save wear/tear on the hard drives. > Even better is to use Alt + SysRq + REISUB (sequentially) R = unRaw (take control of keyboard back from X), E = tErminate (send SIGTERM to all processes, allowing them to terminate gracefully), I = kIll (send SIGKILL to all processes, forcing them to terminate immediately), S = Sync (flush data to disk), U = Unmount (remount all filesystems read-only), B= reBoot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key Greetings, -- Jorge Martínez López <jorgeml@xxxxxxxxx> http://www.jorgeml.net -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
