In cases of "system freeze", please try these!

Pet3M0ss

As a "trial-and-error" linux learner, I seem to find myself Surprised

BEYOND BASH at times.

Stumbled upon this link for some keystrokes to use before a hard power-off landing: ("Like Ctrl + Alt + Delete this tip is a three fingered Vulcan neck pinch")

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/closing_down_gnu_linux_safely_with_sysrq+

of course, if you don't memorize these aids Laughing

may none of you ever need to use these

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pbharris · Member Joined: 02 Jul 2026 Posts: 320 Location: chicago

oh sweet!! wish i had known these back when my nvidia drivers were screwing me up

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Pet3M0ss · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2026 2:28 am Post subject:

I should add another crashing tip I gleaned from masinick's GRUB links:

I did add a "Halt! Stop! Quit- already" line to my GRUB menu (as was suggested somewhere). Sometimes my machine does not do a smooth power off and reboots itself. The halt command in GRUB keeps me from recycling!!

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Xeroid · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2026 1:47 pm Post subject:

Here's another article on this at FOSSwire.

http://fosswire.com/2007/09/08/fix-a-frozen-system-with-the-magic-sysrq-keys/

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Pet3M0ss · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2026 11:51 pm Post subject:

good link Xeroid. I think yours is a little better way to remember to do things in a pattern.

The "turn off" stuff for most distros is buried too far into the small print. These tips keep us from doing any more harm

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