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

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Message-ID: <464f7af8-d83d-d2e3-c635-772ed6a3cb54@nerdbynature.de>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 21:45:06 +0100 (CET)
From: Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
To: Luis Muñoz Fuente <luis.munoz.edu@...tadeandalucia.es>
cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: I can't activate term(e) and kill(i) magic SysRq key

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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