Some additional notes:
1) One may ask "Why not just use the SysRq key directly, the way it was originally designed to be used?". Well, two things are relevant:
a) I have never been able to get SysRq to work. It is not clear which key that is on modern keyboards. I know it works for some people, but it has never worked for me. Just the way it is.
b) Eventually, I want to script this whole process. Obviously, echo'ing to the file in /proc is a better way from a scripting POV.
2) The next time this comes up, I'm going to try it from a VC. That is, do "chvt 1" (*) from the desktop. That should work better than ssh'ing in.
(*) Or Ctrl/Alt/F1
1) One may ask "Why not just use the SysRq key directly, the way it was originally designed to be used?". Well, two things are relevant:
a) I have never been able to get SysRq to work. It is not clear which key that is on modern keyboards. I know it works for some people, but it has never worked for me. Just the way it is.
b) Eventually, I want to script this whole process. Obviously, echo'ing to the file in /proc is a better way from a scripting POV.
2) The next time this comes up, I'm going to try it from a VC. That is, do "chvt 1" (*) from the desktop. That should work better than ssh'ing in.
(*) Or Ctrl/Alt/F1
Statistics: Posted by BigRedMailbox — Sun Jan 11, 2026 5:58 pm