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+ | ====== Raising Elephants ====== | ||
+ | To perform a safe reboot of a Linux computer which has otherwise locked up, the mnemonic " | ||
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+ | It stands for Raw (take control of keyboard back from X), tErminate (send SIGTERM to all processes, allowing them to terminate gracefully), | ||
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+ | These keystrokes should be entered a few seconds apart. This should prevent a fsck being required on reboot; it also gives some programs a chance to save emergency backups of unsaved work. | ||
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+ | To execute it hold down ALT+PrtSC (SysRq) and then hit the other characters with a second or two between: ALT+PrtSc + R+E+I+S+U+B | ||
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