Linux images for virtual machines with unset `CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ` cause `10-magic-sysrq.conf` to fail

[Paul Menzel]

*procps* ships `/etc/sysctl.d/10-magic-sysrq.conf:kernel.sysrq = 176`, which is run by `systemd-sysctl.service`. This fails on a system run with a Linux image built for virtual machines *linux-image-kvm*, which has `CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ` not set.

```
$ sudo /lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl
Couldn't write '176' to 'kernel/sysrq', ignoring: No such file or directory
Not setting net/ipv4/conf/all/promote_secondaries (explicit setting exists).
Not setting net/ipv4/conf/default/promote_secondaries (explicit setting exists).
Couldn't write 'fq_codel' to 'net/core/default_qdisc', ignoring: No such file or directory
Couldn't write '4194304' to 'kernel/pid_max': Invalid argument
$ grep SYSRQ /boot/config-5.4.0-1009-kvm
# CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set
```

[Paul Menzel (paulmenzel)]

In #<email address hidden> I was told to move this issue to *linux-image-kvm*. How can I do that?

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for reporting.

>I was told to move this issue to *linux-image-kvm*. How can I do that?

If you look at the yellow line under "affects" it lists "procps (Ubuntu)". Next to it is a triangle which you can click to expand, where you can change details such as the package name and status.

To move this bug report to another package you want to replace the package name. Note that you may need to use `linux-meta-kvm` if `linux-image-kvm` doesn't work, since bugs are tracked against source packages not binary ones.