On 09/25/2014 11:41 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 07:28 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 09/25/2014 02:39 AM, Doug wrote: >>>>> >>> I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold >>> ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. If it works, you'll wind up in >>> a run-level and you can type start x and be back to the system. >> >> This is the Magic Sysrq Key, >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key and it's available in >> Fedora, as in AFAIK all distros. Please read the section on configuring >> it, as I'm not sure if it's set up by default. > > I'm pretty sure it's not set up by default (at least it wasn't last time > I looked, which is admittedly a while back). Unfortunately that means > that the first time you think about enabling it is when the system is > frozen ... > > poc > I should have said, hold alt+ctrl+print-screen and type r e i s b. It's tricky to hold the three keys, but it can be done. I just tried it. Use lower case letters. --doug -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
