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The “Magic SysRq key” may be helpful as a last resort.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
Can't seem to get this to work on my framework laptop (running Bazzite).
Anyone have any insight on how to do this with the FW keyboard?
First, make sure it’s enabled in your kernel. Check the value in /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq to see if it’s enabled. Then see if you can trigger it by writing to /proc/sysrq-trigger. Then try an external keyboard that has real SysRq key. If all of those work, you may have to ask Framework support if their keyboard supports generating that keystroke.
Thanks I'll give this (and the other Fedora-specific reply) a shot.
@prole Fedora, which Bazzite is based on, disables this at boot time by default. There are instructions on how to enable it in Fedora here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Sysrq#How_do_I_enable_the_magic_SysRq_key?
Thanks!