Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-26 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> Thanks for all answers. Does >> >> alt+ctrl+printscreen >> >> work when the keyboard itself is also frozen? > > Maybe. If the kernel is stuck in a non-inturuptable state, no. If the > keyboard is still running, it should work as long as it's no

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/25/2014 08:02 PM, Doug wrote: It seemed to me that the machine ran a bit slow at this point, altho everything seemed to be working, so I did a normal restart and then everything was hunky-dory. It's too late now, but you could have used top to find out what, if anything, was slowing it

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Doug
On 09/25/2014 08:36 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 09/25/2014 10:38 AM, Doug wrote: >> use lower case, but hold alt+ctrl+printscreen > > You may need to experiment. My old mobo would only respond if you used the > correct alt and ctrl keys. When I tried it earlier today, I used the keys on the right

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/25/2014 03:11 PM, Paul Smith wrote: Thanks for all answers. Does alt+ctrl+printscreen work when the keyboard itself is also frozen? Maybe. If the kernel is stuck in a non-inturuptable state, no. If the keyboard is still running, it should work as long as it's not a hardware issue.

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/25/2014 10:38 AM, Doug wrote: use lower case, but hold alt+ctrl+printscreen You may need to experiment. My old mobo would only respond if you used the correct alt and ctrl keys. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://a

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/25/2014 10:29 AM, Doug wrote: I should have said, hold alt+ctrl+print-screen and type r e i s b. It's tricky to hold the three keys, but it can be done. I just tried it. Use lower case letters. And FYI, I think that the last one is for rebooting. I'd suggest trying this at least once w

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Doug wrote: > I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. > What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried > > CRTL + ALT + F3 > > to get a login prompt to issue the reboot command, but the keyboard > seem

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Doug
On 09/25/2014 12:45 PM, Doug wrote: > On 09/25/2014 06:00 AM, Paul Smith wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Doug wrote: I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried CRTL + ALT + F3

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Doug
On 09/25/2014 11:41 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 07:28 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 09/25/2014 02:39 AM, Doug wrote: > >>> I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold >>> ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. If it works, you'll wind up in >>

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Doug
On 09/25/2014 06:00 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Doug wrote: >>> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. >>> What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried >>> >>> CRTL + ALT + F3 >>> >>> to get a login prompt to issue the reboot com

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 13:08 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > >>> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. > >> > >> Is it actually deadlocked or do you just mean it's frozen? Can you reach > >> it via an ssh session? Does

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 07:28 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 09/25/2014 02:39 AM, Doug wrote: > >> > > > I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold > > ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. If it works, you'll wind up in > > a run-level and you can type start x and be back

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/25/2014 02:39 AM, Doug wrote: > I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. If it works, you'll wind up in a run-level and you can type start x and be back to the system. This is the Magic Sysrq Key, https://en.wikipedia

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 13:08 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > Is it safe to use the physical power button to shutdown the machine? My systems, over many years, have survived many ungracefull poweroffs. Unlike Windows, which could be quite self destructive about it. Mind you, I don't have databases runni

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Paul Smith wrote: >>> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. >> >> Is it actually deadlocked or do you just mean it's frozen? Can you reach >> it via an ssh session? Does it respond to pings? > > Thanks, Patrick . Perhaps, the correc

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. > > Is it actually deadlocked or do you just mean it's frozen? Can you reach > it via an ssh session? Does it respond to pings? Thanks, Patrick . Perhaps, the corr

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 10:29 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. Is it actually deadlocked or do you just mean it's frozen? Can you reach it via an ssh session? Does it respond to pings? poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproj

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 05:39 -0400, Doug wrote: > I don't know if this works in your distro, but in PCLOS, you can hold > ALT + Print Screen and type R E I S B. Magic system request keys need to be enabled, beforehand. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.16.2-201.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Mon Sep 1

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Doug wrote: >> I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. >> What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried >> >> CRTL + ALT + F3 >> >> to get a login prompt to issue the reboot command, but the keyboard >> seems to be also locked.

Re: Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Doug
On 09/25/2014 05:29 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. > What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried > > CRTL + ALT + F3 > > to get a login prompt to issue the reboot command, but the keyboard > seems to be also lo

Machine on a deadlock

2014-09-25 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, I have a machine running Fedora 19, which is experiecning a deadlock. What can I do to remedy this situation? I have tried CRTL + ALT + F3 to get a login prompt to issue the reboot command, but the keyboard seems to be also locked. Thanks in advance, Paul -- users mailing list users