On 08/17/2009 09:35 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 17 August 2009 19:26:47 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>>>> 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. >> >> It must be enabled in the kernel configuration. If the file >> "/proc/sysrq-trigger" doesn't exist, you don't have it enabled. > > In that case I don't have it, and, presumably didn't have it in the distro I > was using at that time. How common is it for this to be enabled? No idea. I always built my own kernel in every distro (was the first thing I did :P) ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.