Re: due to compositing, probably ... Re: KDE 4.3 freezes too often now

[Bill Wells <hammer29@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 17 August 2009 11:35:28 am 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?
>
It is here in Slackware 12.2 32 bit.
> Anne


Bill
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