Weird freeze

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2012-08-19 at 14:54 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 08/19/2012 02:34 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote:
> > Open a console, try holding down the AltGr+Sysrq with your right hand
> > and press "s" with your left. This combination forces an emergency
> > sync (fsync) and does not harm. You should see a message on the
> > screen.
> 
> Doesn't work, at least, not reliably.  Once, I pressed AltGr+SysRq, let 
> them go and pressed s and got a proper response.  Once.  Quite possibly 
> because it didn't need it again.  However, I just went back to that 
> console and now it's working.  Go know.  The important thing is, I now 
> know that it has to be the right Alt, not the left, and to try several 
> times if it doesn't respond the first time.  Thanx.  If and when I get 
> another lockup, I'll try it, starting, of course, with r to get proper 
> control of the keyboard.

On my machine it works either way. The s key can be pressed while tha
alt-sysreg is pressed or after.
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