No system is immune to hangs and freeze-ups, and that includes even the most austere Linux desktop. What sets Linux apart is a key that can call out to the core kernel to un-freeze your desktkop, kill ...

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[Cory Wright] shares a tip on how to reboot a system with a failed hard drive remotely. The magic SysRq key is a linux kernel feature that lets you perform a number of interesting operations. If ...

A look into what causes kernel panics and some utilities to help gain more information. Working in a Linux environment, how often have you seen a kernel panic? When it happens, your system is left in ...

The linux client for Return to Castle Wolfenstein locks up periodically. In this state it plays the last sound effect over and over... quite annoying. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace doesn't do anything, nor can I ...

If you have ever had a hard drive fail on a remote server you may remember the feeling you had after trying to issue the following commands: # reboot bash: /sbin ...