Comment 4 for bug 486005
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Description of problem:
SAK (Alt-SysRq-K) is no longer working in X. When this combination is pressed to restart X server, system just hangs, without even syncing to disk, display is corrupted, magic key is not working.
Workaround:
If you need to login into server or workstation from graphical console, you can switch to text console tty2..tty6, use SAK to clean console from any malicious software, which is left by previous user, then login into system, verify owner of GDM and X processes or just kill them, then switch back to tty1 and login into system using graphical console.
How reproducible:
Always.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot Fedora in graphic mode.
2. Press Alt-SysRq-K
Actual results:
System is hangs without syncing to disk due to kernel panic: "Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!"
Expected results:
X server and GDM are restarted.