Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:41:05 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Magic Alt-SysRq change in 2.6.18-rc1 |
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Hi!
> > > Before 2.6.18-rc1, I used to be able to use it as follows: > > > > > > Press and hold an Alt key, > > > Press and hold the SysRq key, > > > Release the Alt key, > > > Press and release some hot key like S or T or 7, > > > Repeat the previous step as many times as desired, > > > Release the SysRq key. > > > > > > This scheme doesn't work any more, > > > > The SysRq code has been updated to make it useable with keyboards that > > are broken in other ways than your. With the new behaviour, you should > > be able to use Magic SysRq with your keyboard in this way: > > Apparently it changes existing well documented behaviour, which is a > really bad idea.
_well documented_? Where was it documented? Anyway, 2.6.17 behaviour does not work on _many_ keyboards, like for example thinkpad x32... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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