Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 1996 15:21:00 -0500 | From | Nathan Bryant <> | Subject | Re: init und Linux 1.3.69 |
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Michael Stone wrote: > > At 09:28 AM 3/5/96 +0100, you wrote: > >On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, lilo wrote: > > > >> I've been using Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot my Linux system, with relatively few > >> problems, since about 0.95pl15j (assuming I even remember that sequence of > >> kernel release numbers correctly, it's been a while :). I'm presently > >> running RedHat 2.1. :) > > > >With the latest kernel? And while not logged in? > > > >The problem is that it works fine, while logged in as root or some other > >user, but *not* when only the getty prompt is displayed. With 1.3.64 > >everything was OK. > > > >Martin > > I've noticed this too. Sometimes I'll forget that I need to be logged in to > use ctrl-alt-del, and I do it from a login prompt. Oops--the whole system > locks. Luckily, the reset switch is unaffected, and the filesystem check > works well the next time I start up. ;^) > > Mike
I had this problem for a while with the new kernels. It went away when I upgraded init to the newest version. Your mileage may vary, of course.
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