[MPlayer-users] How to check why mplayer freezes the system ?

[Linards Ticmanis]

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> Does anyone know a magic way to get linux to look for/at the keyboard
again?
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Make sure "magic sysrequest key" is compiled into the kernel and it's
being turned on at boot time. Then, to unlock the keyboard hold SysRq
(i.e. ALT+PRINT SCREEN) and press R. This bypasses the keyboard driver,
unless the CPU itself is frozen dead (very rare) it should always work.
There are a couple of other useful combinations with SysRq - it's best
to print them out and hand on the wall as usually, when you need them,
there's no way to find out which is which unless you have a second
computer to use for looking it up.

(I'm not sure if this feature is available on non-x86 systems or which
key it would use there.)

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Linards Ticmanis

 The Master said, "The business of laying on the colors follows the
preparation of the plain ground."




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