On Monday 17 August 2009 17:04:52 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 08/17/2009 06:55 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 17 August 2009 15:43:39 Guido Pinkernell wrote: > >>> How about > >>> "Raising Elephants"?: > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key#.22Raising_Elephants.22_mn > >>>em on ic_device > >> > >> Yes. Thanks a lot, Dotan. I didn't know about this. Very useful indeed! > > > > So how do you use that, if, as you say, the keyboard doesn't respond? > > SysRq is hardwired into the kernel. If the kernel didn't panic, SysRq > still works even if X stopped processing keyboard events. And from the > sound of it, the kernel did not panic in this case since the mouse still > moves, so the kernel must be running. > Interesting, because (some months back) I have been in the same situation and tried the SysRq 'magic keys', just in case, but without success. Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase
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