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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about the magic Sys Req keys
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On 06/13/2011 12:18 PM, Dale wrote:
> So, my question is this. What kind of lock up could keep the magic keys
> from working?

When the part of the kernel that handles sysrq also locked up :-P