====== sysrq ====== Search tags: * Sys Request * sysrq * Alt+SysRq * ''SysRq'' may be released before pressing the command key, as long as ''Alt'' remains held down. * ''REISUB'' ===== Emergency reboot from keyboard ===== **REISUB** * ''R'' - Switch the keyboard from raw mode, used by programs such as X11 and SVGAlib, to XLATE mode * ''E'' - Send the SIGTERM signal to all processes except init (PID 1) * ''I'' - Send the SIGKILL signal to all processes except init * ''S'' - Sync all mounted filesystems * ''U'' - Remount all mounted filesystems in read-only mode * ''B'' - Immediately reboot the system, without unmounting or syncing filesystems ===== Emergency reboot from console ===== echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo s > /proc/sysrq-trigger echo u > /proc/sysrq-trigger echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger