How to Recover an Unresponsive Linux System
June 23rd, 2007 | No comments yet...what do you think?
That’s right…sometimes it even happens on Linux. Your GUI freezes…so then what do you do? LXPages has list of Ubuntu tricks, and among them is a list of super handy keyboard shortcuts to get you out of your GUI jam. Here’s just a few:
A) Press “ALT” + “sysreq-key” + “one of the keys” listed below (The sysreq-key is also known as the ‘print screen’ key):
‘r’ - Turns off keyboard raw mode and sets it to XLATE.
‘k’ - Secure Access Key (SAK) Kills all programs on the current virtual console.
‘b’ - Will immediately reboot the system without syncing or unmounting your disks.
