Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:40:19 +1100 | From | Kevin Lentin <> | Subject | Re: ctrl-alt-del not handicap accesable? |
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On Wed, Feb 18, 1998 at 12:32:30PM -0700, Linux Mailing list account wrote: > > Recently, a friend of mine (who only has one arm) was complaining to me that > ctrl-alt-del did not shutdown/reboot his linux box. It took me a minute to > realize that you must use the left control and alt keys -- the right ones > don't work. He now uses his nose to reboot his system, but complains to me > every time :)
> Is there any reason we are only allowing the left control and alt keys to be > used?
Just the default keymap. Look at man loadkeys.
On my machine, I can reboot using the so-called three finger salute or vulcan nerve pinch, right-alt, right-ctrl, central-delete. BUT I can't use right-alt to switch VC's (I must fix that sometime).
My /etc/default.keymap has: keycode 83 = KP_Period altgr control keycode 83 = Boot control alt keycode 83 = Boot
To set reboots on the keypad delete. The 'altgr' is the right alt key.
It also has keycode 100 = AltGr Which might be useful to change to keycode 100 = Alt (although I don't know that that will work, I can't see why it wouldn't turn the right alt key into a synonym for the left).
I then have keycode 111 = Remove altgr control keycode 111 = Boot control alt keycode 111 = Boot
I presume that your friend's machine either doesn't have this last entry with the reboot _or_ altgr isn't working or he just needs to map that key to Alt instead of Altgr.
It's certainly possible for him to achieve what he wants. And much more.
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