lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1996]   [May]   [23]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
SubjectRe: TTY switching - SysReq rather than Alt please?
Date
> >  It occurs to me that a better key binding for switching consoles, and for
> > switching from X to text would be Alt-SysReq Function-key so that the
> > Alt function keys could be used by programs. Any hope of this change being
> > implemented? Or reasons why not?
> >
>
> 1. On most notebooks/etc SysReq is a combination of Fn+PrtSc(or any other
> key) - i.e. Alt-SysRq+F1 == Alt-Fn-SysRq-F1... Iv just tryed tu push it
> 8-O That's not easy ;-))
>
> 2. It seems not all keyboards have SysRq...

What was SysRq originally for? I have yet to see any software that makes any
use of it.

--
_______ KB7PWD @ KC7Y.AZ.US.NOAM ecloud@goodnet.com
(_ | |_) Shawn T. Rutledge on the web: http://www.goodnet.com/~ecloud
__) | | \__________________________________________________________________
* alternative energy * Linux * Khoros * X window * ARS * Star Trek * sci fi *


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:37    [W:0.203 / U:0.048 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site