SysRq (Magic SysRq key)

I’ve looked into this and it doesn’t seem possible.

Things such as xdotool won’t work as the SysRq key isn’t handled by Xorg and things like /dev/uinput or /proc/sysrq-trigger requires root access already.

It seems like SysRq requires a local keyboard to be connected.

The k command only kills programs on the current virtual console so it wouldn’t be able to kill X as it’s not running on the one you switched to.

I don’t think X can mess with other virtual consoles anyway.

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