Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:31:15 -0400 (EDT) | From | Myrdraal <> | Subject | Feature for sysrq. |
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Hi, > Unfortunately, there is no simple way to do such a thing, but it can >Unfortunately, there is no simple way to do such a thing, but it can >be simply accomplished with the current capabilities -- just reset the >keyboard mode to cooked, switch to a free console and run >SVGATextMode... Well, apparently when my Xserver dies, restoretextmode and svgatextmode aren't able to correctly reset the graphics card, only running DOSEMU, will totally reset it. >On the other hand, it might be useful to add a capability to the >keyboard >driver allowing arbitrary programs to be executed on press of given key >combination. This might be simply accomplished by passing a message >to kerneld. But now I have no time for implementing such a thing. That might be a useful feature. Bye, Myrdraal
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