RE: memory usage

["Clay Jackson" <clayj nwlink com>]

Or, if you're on a network; just telnet in from another system.  My problem
is that this sort of thing happens so infrequently that I usually forget
that I can telnet and just reboot.

Clay Jackson


-----Original Message-----
From: paul smtp1 ihug co nz [mailto:paul smtp1 ihug co nz]On Behalf Of Paul
Dorman
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 1:52 PM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: Re: memory usage

Howdy Anas,

there's a low level facility, the "magic SysRq key" which will allow you
to pull back your machine from the brink. You need to compile it into
your kernel ("yes" to Magic SysRq key (CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ)). Have a look
at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt. It's great for avoiding a
reboot when X crashes...

Bet regards,
Paul Dorman.

Anas Mughal wrote:
>
> How could one avoid Linux stalling?
> Linux stalled on me once. It was so unexpected that almost lost some work.
> I was in the middle of debugging a small C program that my mouse pointer
> disappeared. After that there was no response from the system. I had to
> switch off then on. I was not happy about that. Well, I am happy that it
> never happened again.
> Is there any way to avoid stalling. I am curious.
> Thanks.


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