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SubjectRe: Simple local DOS
IIUC the magic sys req keys work even if the
normal keyboard handling is hosed -

More than once when quake or rtcw appear
to have hosed the console completely, and it
appears "locked up", <ALT><SysRq> k has
brought me back to the gdm login screen.

cu

jjs

Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:

>>Ctrl-ALT-F12 selects VT mode from a locked X-window, ALT-F1 gets you
>>to the first VT, ALT-F2, next, etc.
>>No problem at all.
>>
>
>X can kill the keyboard completely, only way in was via remote.
>
>Regards,
> Zwane Mwaikambo
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