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Håkon Alstadheim wrote: |
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> Den 17.11.2019 12:22, skrev Dale: |
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>> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>>> On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:50:08 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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>>>>> Magic SysReq would probably have helped in those situations. ext3/4 |
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>>>>> only journal metadata by default, you can specify a mount option to |
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>>>>> also journal data but it impacts performance. |
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>>>> When X hangs and I lose the keyboard to the extent where neither |
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>>>> Ctrl+Alt+F1, or Ctrl+Alt+Del would work, I will use ssh to connect |
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>>>> remotely and stop the hanging process or restat the X server. If ssh |
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>>>> is also not working, I use the magic SysReq sequence to stop |
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>>>> processes, |
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>>>> sync the disks and reboot, or shutdown. I don't recall losing data in |
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>>>> such cases, although when I have time I run fsck with Live media just |
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>>>> in case. |
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>>> I do the same, but configuring the power button to do a clean shutdown |
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>>> may like life simpler. |
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>> I don't have a second system to ssh in with but if I did, that's what |
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>> I'd do as well, or try at least. |
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> You can get ssh clients for Android or Apple iOS. Just remember to set |
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> up with public keys before you need them, and also give them a static |
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> address if the box in question is router/dhcp-server. |
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I guess I could do that from my cell phone then. It's a Samsung android |
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thingy. Hey, I can talk with it and text. Everything else is gravy. |
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Good but not really necessary. lol Thing is, if it is slow, it will |
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likely be slow when I ssh in as well. Most of the time, it will move, |
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just very, very slowly. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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