zShxck@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoI'm ditching htop for btop, look how cool it islemmy.mlimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down11
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minus-squareTwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI only use htop to kill process when it froze.
minus-squareTwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoA question, what tod do when the laptop is completely frozen, as in you can’t even move your mouse. Is the only solution to force shutdown?
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou can try the Magic SysRq key, if its enabled. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Keyboard_shortcuts
minus-squareRaccoonn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThankfully I’ve never had that happen, but if it did I would probably just switch to a tty & use the killall command on whatever was giving me bother…
I only use htop to kill process when it froze.
I just use xkill for that…
A question, what tod do when the laptop is completely frozen, as in you can’t even move your mouse. Is the only solution to force shutdown?
You can try the Magic SysRq key, if its enabled.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Keyboard_shortcuts
Thankfully I’ve never had that happen, but if it did I would probably just switch to a tty & use the killall command on whatever was giving me bother…