[vox-tech] magic sysreq key

Peter Jay Salzman vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:59:19 -0800


begin Jonathan Stickel <jjstickel@netscape.net> 
> 
> It turns out there is a line in /etc/sysctl.conf which enables or 
> disables magic sysrq:
> 
> kernel.sysrq = [0 or 1]
 
tucked away in the mental file cabinet...

i wonder why redhat does this?

> I now have magic sysrq enabled and have tested it succesfully from 
> console with ctl-alt-h.  Now I am ready the next time Linux freezes on me.
 
:)

pete