| Draconx | and I already posted it :P |
| marcan | Draconx: /proc/sysrq-trigger |
| andy753421 | cp's broke too ;), but i keep good backups |
| reisio | andy753421: is cat broken? :p |
| andy753421 | yea, but tail and grep aren't |
| reisio | hahah |
| marcan | andy753421: echo s > /proc/sysrq-trigger; echo u > /proc/sysrq-trigger; echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger |
| Draconx | marcan, ooh nifty |
| antarus | marcan: if sysrq is compiled into the kernel.. ;) |
| marcan | antarus: we're hoping it is ;) |
| andy753421 | i believe it is |
| Draconx | shutdown -nr now should take it out anyway. |
| action | antarus had to do that on a box at work a few days ago |
| antarus | had to do that on a box at work a few days ago Draconx: heh, you wish shutdown/reboot/etc work like crap if the box is really having issues ;) |
| Draconx | heh |
| antarus | sysrq shows no mercy |
| Draconx | I use sysrq all the time, but with the keyboard |
| action | igli gives respect to marcan :D |
| igli | gives respect to marcan :D |
| marcan | lol |
| Draconx | definitely saved me a hard shutdown or even a reboot on many occasions |
| marcan | yep when X dies and doesn't reset the screen right, for example |
| action | antarus compiles a new shiny kernel for his sparc |
| antarus | compiles a new shiny kernel for his sparc |
| marcan | though you can even save the session if you remotely restart X to clean things up in that case sysrq needs a "reset screen to VGA mode" key |
| Draconx | I have a binding which runs vbetool vbestate restore < /root/vga.state for when that happens :) |
| marcan | me likey. How do you do that? :) |
| Triffid_Hunter | marcan: it has a force switch vt iirc, which should have that effect |
| Draconx | marcan, I wrote a program to do so |
| andy753421 | :( compiled that kernel before I new about sys-req, any other options? |
| Draconx | was more of a "lets see how evdev works" kind of deal. |
| deface | andy - you cant push the power button? unplug the cord? |
| marcan | deface: remote. |
| deface | phone? |
| andy753421 | it's in my locked dorm, in Indiana, i'm in new jersey |
| deface | ahh .. sucks for you |
| action | antarus pats his RSC |
| antarus | pats his RSC remote service console ftw ;) |
| Draconx | andy753421, call someone who has keys to the room :P |