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I very much look forward to this feature, when needed it will be useful.
by hammerandtongs 12y ago
I very much look forward to this feature, when needed it will be useful.
- feld 12y agoRight Alt+[sysrq,r,e,i,s,u,b] ... and achieves the same thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
- hammerandtongs 12y agoBut is glitchy and can be awkward to pull off. No guarantees this wont be as well, but we'll see.
- simoncion 12y agoGlitchy? Awkward? How so? I bet you a nickel that the same situations that would cause SysRq+[S,U,B] to fail to properly sync and mount ro would cause systemd's unwedge-the-world emergency reboot to fail to properly sync and mount ro. Notice that the release note says "[Emergency reboot] should not result in fsck being run on next reboot.".
- hammerandtongs 12y agoKey timing is odd sometimes which means sequencing can be out of step. Silly bet. I was making the point this is useful and convenient in this situation not that it was magic.
- iso8859-1 12y agoYes, but it's hard to remember, and it depends on Sysrq being enabled. I think the Ctrl+Alt+Del thing makes sense. Since everyone is adopting Systemd, maybe at least it will be ubiquitous. :P It does have one advantage: You don't have to press all keys. If you system is just locked up cause it's swapping like crazy, it usually gets usable after the e (terminate all tasks).
- feld 12y agowell if you don't mind altering the order a bit (syncing to disk before all the apps get SIGTERM or SIGKILL) you can use this mnemonic: Raising Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring That's how I remembered it for years
- iso8859-1 12y agoI always just remembered "busier" backwards. I think it's better, cause it makes more sense to sync after killing.
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