Enable SysRq?

[Casey Dahlin]

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Martin Sourada wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 10:57 +0100, Alexander Boström wrote:
>> Jeff Spaleta skrev:
>>
>>> If you can get back keyboard control via SysRq, isn't it more
>>> beneficial to make use of SysRq instead of zapping?
>> Yes, if Alt-SysRq-K does everything Ctrl-Alt-Backspace does, and more, 
>> then perhaps that should be enabled by default instead?
>>
> Hm... if disabled, zillions of gnome-screenshooter windows starts to
> appear (I haven't actually counted them and the amount is probably
> proportional to the time I hold Alt [Gr]-SysRq before hitting K), if
> enabled, caps-lock indicator starts to blink and the computer freezes
> (whole computer, not only X)... Not sure how this can be helpful at
> all...
> 

The hangup is a kernel panic, probably a bug.

- --CJD
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