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minus-squareTwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoA question, what tod do when the laptop is completely frozen, as in you can’t even move your mouse. Is the only solution to force shutdown?
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoYou can try the Magic SysRq key, if its enabled. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Keyboard_shortcuts
minus-squareRaccoonn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThankfully I’ve never had that happen, but if it did I would probably just switch to a tty & use the killall command on whatever was giving me bother…
minus-squarelowmane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSwitch to a different virtual terminal (ctrl-alt-F3), login and restart desktop manager, switch back to the normal GUI terminal (ctrl-alt-F2)
A question, what tod do when the laptop is completely frozen, as in you can’t even move your mouse. Is the only solution to force shutdown?
You can try the Magic SysRq key, if its enabled.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Keyboard_shortcuts
Thankfully I’ve never had that happen, but if it did I would probably just switch to a tty & use the killall command on whatever was giving me bother…
Switch to a different virtual terminal (ctrl-alt-F3), login and restart desktop manager, switch back to the normal GUI terminal (ctrl-alt-F2)