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[Harlan <hflagg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This bug should be marked critical, not low.  Isn't catastrophic data
loss enough of a reason?  A freeze and cold reboot could lead to an
Irreparable partition and a bricked system.  This could be easily
avoided if this bug did not exist.

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SysRq key equivalent needed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262408
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
MacBook keyboards and other Apple keyboards lack a SysRq key and therefore lack important kernel functionality that is designed to save catastrophic data loss if the computer freezes.  An equivalent keystroke should be assigned, for example Fn + Eject, to preserve the functionality of the Magic SysRq key in linux on a Mactel.  I believe this is a bug and not a feature request because the current implementation assumes that all keyboards have a SysRq key which is an incorrect assumption and therefore a mistake, or bug.