Re: I can't activate term(e) and kill(i) magic SysRq key

From: Christian Kujau
Date: Tue Jan 02 2024 - 15:54:11 EST


On Mon, 1 Jan 2024, Luis Muñoz Fuente wrote:
> I try to activate all magic SysRq key options according to:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/sysrq.html
> but I can't activate term(e) and kill(i) option, is this option
> disabled?

Maybe. Some distributions choose to disable certain sysrq functions. See
the page you cited, on the very top: what does "sysctl kernel.sysrq" say?
If it's anything but "1", certain or all sysrq functions are disabled.

HTH,
C.
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