reupload because i mixed up sigterm and sigkill like a dumb fuck

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[–] 16 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

In those cases there's an easy solution.

Step 1: sigh

Step 2: press the power button 5 or 10 seconds while contemplating why you decided to do a quick restart instead of keeping the session and do something actually productive

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I recommend starting with SysRq+E before that, there's a chance it gets whatever the shutdown was waiting for. And if that fails... REISUB my beloved.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    RSEIUB. Raising skinny elephants is utterly boring.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    I might be missing something, but the order I know and have always seen recommended is REISUB. Terminating processes might write data to disk, so it seems to me like you should sync after, not before. Though this is also generally unimportant with modern filesystems and storage media.

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