Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:40:45 +0200 | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | [PATCH] _very_ minor changes to Documentation/sysrq.txt |
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Hi,
I was reading Documentation/sysrq.txt and a few things struck me as slightly wrong, so I corrected them and created a patch. If you think these changes are correct, then please consider applying - otherwise just ignore it.
Patch attached as "2.4.13-pre3-sysrq_txt.patch" and is against 2.4.13-pre3.
Best regards, Jesper Juhl juhl@eisenstein.dk--- linux-2.4.13-pre3-orig/Documentation/sysrq.txt Tue Sep 18 07:52:35 2001 +++ linux-2.4.13-pre3/Documentation/sysrq.txt Wed Oct 17 23:34:45 2001 @@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ when you would try to login. It will kill all programs on given console and thus letting you make sure that the login prompt you see is actually the one from init, not some trojan program. -IMPORTANT:In its true form it is not a true SAK like the one in :IMPORTANT -IMPORTANT:c2 compliant systems, and it should be mistook as such. :IMPORTANT +IMPORTANT:In its true form it is not a true SAK like the one in c2 :IMPORTANT +IMPORTANT:compliant systems, and it should not be mistaken as such.:IMPORTANT It seems other find it useful as (System Attention Key) which is useful when you want to exit a program that will not let you switch consoles. (For example, X or a svgalib program.) @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ 'U'mount is basically useful in the same ways as 'S'ync. I generally 'S'ync, 'U'mount, then re'B'oot when my system locks. It's saved me many a fsck. Again, the unmount (remount read-only) hasn't taken place until you see the -"OK" and "Done" message appear on the screen. +"OK" and "Done" messages appear on the screen. The loglevel'0'-'9' is useful when your console is being flooded with kernel messages you do not want to see. Setting '0' will prevent all but |  |