Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: funny terminal behavior | Date | Mon, 8 Jul 1996 17:47:55 +0200 (MET DST) | From | "Carsten Paeth" <> |
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> > I have discovered something very funny. > > Log in from the console, serial terminal (I haven't tried modem) or from the > network. > > $ cat big-file > > immediately press Ctrl-S > > and now you can't shutdown system until you press Ctrl-Q > > After Alt-Ctl-Del you can continue your work. > ps shows: > > PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND > 176 ? D 0:00 /sbin/shutdown -t3 -rf now > > > I'm not sure if it proper behavior.....
It has nothing to do with the kernel, it is your shutdown that is broken. It tries to send a message to each user and will block. Try a newer version of shutdown (util-linux-2.5). This version opens the tty nonblocking.
> > Bye, > > Jacek > > PS. Same in 1.2.13, 2.0.0, 2.0.3 > >
calle -- calle@calle.in-berlin.de
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