It’s rare I need to reboot a locked up system but I’d like to have the option available if it should happen.

I use a wireless keyboard which isn’t full size and unfortunately doesn’t have a Sysrq or Printscreen key. Am I out of luck with using Magic Sysrq keys or is there a way to use an alternative key combination?

Thank you

  • hexagonwin@lemmy.today
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    23 hours ago

    AFAIK there’s no way to change it other than modifying the hardcoded keycodes and recompiling the kernel. (please correct me if I’m wrong)

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      23 hours ago

      i’m likely wrong, but i was under the impression that we’ve left out sysreq keys out of the kernel a while ago.

      • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        sysrq is often a runtime config in many distributions (e.g. Debian). sysrq+reisub is really useful on occasion.

        @earthling@piefed.social some keyboards without a dedicated sysrq/printscr key will emulate with a different key combo (many thinkpads use Fn+k)

        edit: ping

        • earthling@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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          22 hours ago

          I think I’m out of luck then, I did some research before making this post and my keyboard (Logitech k400+) doesn’t have an alternative key combo.

          I guess I’ll have to keep doing safe reboots by logging into a terminal, a little less convenient than Sysrq + reisub but not a big deal.

          Thanks everyone.