On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, John Gilmore wrote: > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:21:14 -0700 > From: John Gilmore <[email protected]> > To: Paul Fox <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OFW access from linux > >> there's no SysRq key on the XO keyboard, so you'll need to use a >> break on the serial console to invoke it... > > Please. If you're going to put this hook in, which I think is a great > idea, at least make it work on the standard hardware! And when the > operating system is not very responsive. That's when you'll need it > for debugging or resetting the system. Without taking the plastic > apart, finding a part with no known suppliers, and soldering it to > your motherboard. > > On Sun workstations, the "L1-A" key combination (pressed in exactly > that order, with no intervening keys or key-ups) got you into OFW or > its predecessor. (L1 was the top left key in the keypad to the left > of the main keyboard.) We shipped it that way for decades without > trouble. > > There are some pretty obscure keys on the XO keyboard -- howabout > something like holding down the leftmost and rightmost "gradually > increasing sized dots" keys in the top row, and then pressing the > M-for-Mitch key?
what you are suggesting is F5 + F8 + 'm' if you have a 'normal' keyboard attached somehow. David Lang _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
