On Sun, 2012-08-19 at 14:54 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 08/19/2012 02:34 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote:
> Open a console, try holding down the AltGr+Sysrq with your right hand
> and press "s" with your left. This combination forces an emergency
> sync (fsync) and does not harm. You should see a message on the
> screen.
Doesn't work, at least, not reliably. Once, I pressed AltGr+SysRq, let
them go and pressed s and got a proper response. Once. Quite possibly
because it didn't need it again. However, I just went back to that
console and now it's working. Go know. The important thing is, I now
know that it has to be the right Alt, not the left, and to try several
times if it doesn't respond the first time. Thanx. If and when I get
another lockup, I'll try it, starting, of course, with r to get proper
control of the keyboard.
On my machine it works either way. The s key can be pressed while tha
alt-sysreg is pressed or after.
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