Jediwan to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-21 year agoLinux equivalent of Win+Ctrl+Shift+B? (Restart graphics driver)message-square62fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareLinux equivalent of Win+Ctrl+Shift+B? (Restart graphics driver)Jediwan to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-21 year agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAtemulinkfedilink2•1 year agoWhile these can help on other issues, these will do nothing if the driver has an unrecoverable issue.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIf the kernel runs into a oops it can recover and you won’t notice anything except a nasty looking error in dmesg. If it runs into a panic you need to hard reboot the system as it can’t continue to run.
minus-square@rotopenguin@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAnd the driver is stuffed if the hardware decides to have an unrecoverable issue. (I’m looking at you, Intel GuC. You dumb little bastard.)
While these can help on other issues, these will do nothing if the driver has an unrecoverable issue.
If the kernel runs into a oops it can recover and you won’t notice anything except a nasty looking error in dmesg. If it runs into a panic you need to hard reboot the system as it can’t continue to run.
And the driver is stuffed if the hardware decides to have an unrecoverable issue.
(I’m looking at you, Intel GuC. You dumb little bastard.)