FOSSwire has this cool tip to restart a frozen Linux Machine. I haven’t tried it yet because I haven’t got a frozen linux machine yet.
You finally got your Linux environment to crash. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does nothing, nor do the F-keys. You know you shouldn’t have installed that bad driver, but you did it anyway.
So you reach for the power button.
Stop.
Mashing in the power button to reboot could cause a problem if your hard drive is still being written to, and usually causes more problems than it solves. The Linux kernel includes a secret method of restarting your PC should it ever stop doing its job.
1. Hold down the Alt and SysRq (Print Screen) keys.
2. While holding those down, type the following in order. Nothing will appear to happen until the last letter is pressed: REISUB
3. Watch your computer reboot magically.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
I’m tempted to try that on a live machine, for instance, the one I’m on right now, but I’m afraid it will work.
September 13th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Same here. I will try to do at some time when I am not running a process.
October 1st, 2007 at 8:34 am
i have ubuntu on two of my home laptops…i had so many problems getting the wireless working with the first and still trying to figure out how to get the sound on in the second. puter #1 is particularly prone to freezing.
thanks for the link!