It’s rare I need to reboot a locked up system but I’d like to have the option available if it should happen.

I use a wireless keyboard which isn’t full size and unfortunately doesn’t have a Sysrq or Printscreen key. Am I out of luck with using Magic Sysrq keys or is there a way to use an alternative key combination?

Thank you

  • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    i’m likely wrong, but i was under the impression that we’ve left out sysreq keys out of the kernel a while ago.

    • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
      10·
      1 day ago

      sysrq is often a runtime config in many distributions (e.g. Debian). sysrq+reisub is really useful on occasion.

      @earthling@piefed.social some keyboards without a dedicated sysrq/printscr key will emulate with a different key combo (many thinkpads use Fn+k)

      edit: ping

      • earthling@piefed.socialOPEnglish
        6·
        24 hours ago

        I think I’m out of luck then, I did some research before making this post and my keyboard (Logitech k400+) doesn’t have an alternative key combo.

        I guess I’ll have to keep doing safe reboots by logging into a terminal, a little less convenient than Sysrq + reisub but not a big deal.

        Thanks everyone.

        • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          15 hours ago

          hey there. thanks for the heads up - sounds like a possible feature request perhaps.