On the rare occasion that my Linux desktop freezes, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that keep me from having to do a hard reboot on my machine.

The Linux kernel, which contains low-level hardware drivers and operating system features, continues to listen for a particular reboot command, although it doesn't display any confirmation when it ...

Restarting the network interface using command lines in Linux is a straight-forward procedure. While the GUI (Graphical User Interface) for Linus network configuration is more graphical and visually ...

You can, however, configure Linux to automatically reboot on a kernel panic by making a small modification to /etc/sysctl.conf, a configuration file that tweaks many kernel operating parameters.

How to Run a Command on Startup in Linux. One of Linux's strengths as an operating system is its ability to be configured and tweaked to suit your tastes. Using the command line allows you to ...

(On my Mandrake box, the LILO command fails but the reboot command succeeds, so the machine reboots into Linux. Nuts.) The solution is to somehow make your script run as a root user.

As Linux version 4.0 was released on 15 April, one of the most discussed new features to be included in this release is "no reboot" kernel patching. With the major distros committing to support the ...

With the new Linux 4.0 kernel, you'll need to reboot Linux less often than ever.