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From: tastytea <gentoo@××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot shutdown or reboot because of logind disconnection
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 11:12:05
Message-Id: 20220917131156.732c5acf@ventiloplattform.tastytea.de
In Reply to: Re:Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot shutdown or reboot because of logind disconnection by johnstrass
1 On 2022-09-17 17:37+0800 johnstrass <johnstrass@×××.com> wrote:
2
3 > At 2022-09-17 14:15:51, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
4 >
5 > >On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:40:53AM +0800, johnstrass wrote
6 > >
7 > >> Compiling gcc uses alot of memory, sometimes only less then 10MB
8 > >> left free ( I am doing this on a small yeeloong netbook with only
9 > >> 1GB memory).
10 > >
11 > > Ouch, I'm surprised it compiles at all. The Gentoo install
12 > > handbook
13 > >https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#MAKEOPTS
14 > >has a dire warning about memory usage...
15 >
16 > >
17 >
18 >
19 >
20 > Yep, I've got the gcc-12.2.0 natively compiled on this netbook using
21 > gcc-11.3.0, after 5+ days + a crash + 5more days.
22 >
23 > I set up a large swap and I've also set up the ccache which may
24 > speedup a little after the crash.
25 >
26 >
27 > >> Warning
28 > >> Using a large number of jobs can significantly impact memory
29 > >> consumption. A good recommendation is to have at least 2 GiB of RAM
30 > >> for every job specified (so, e.g. -j6 requires at least 12 GiB). To
31 > >> avoid running out of memory, lower the number of jobs to fit the
32 > >> available memory.
33 > >
34 > > You simply don't have enough ram. You might reduce the pain and
35 > > the
36 > >swapping by trying something like the following in make.conf
37 > >(assuming you haven't already done it)
38 > >
39 >
40 > >MAKEOPTS="-j1"
41 >
42 >
43 > I will try next time. Thanks.
44 >
45 >
46 > >
47 > >> If this happens, what is the best way to reboot or shutdown?
48 > >
49 >
50 > > Try ye olde {CTRL}{ALT}{DEL}
51 >
52 >
53 >
54 >
55 > I remember that I did try "CTRL+ALT+DEL" in such situations before,
56 > and most times it did not work but for one or two times it worked
57 > occasionally. I will try it again next time.
58
59 You could also use “Magic SysRQ”s[1] to reboot the system forcefully
60 but somewhat controlled. The traditional sequence is:
61 r e i s u b (raising elephants is so utterly boring)[2]
62
63 [1] <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Magic_SysRQ>
64 [2] <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/sysrq.html#what-are-the-command-keys>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot shutdown or reboot because of logind disconnection Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>