On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 07:09:56PM +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote
> On Saturday 06 June 2009 18:07:53 Alex Schuster wrote:
> > Alt-SysRq-R will allow you to switch to a text console with Ctrl-Alt-Fn.
> >
> > Wonko
>
> Unfortunately didn't help - still black screen during switching attempts.
It may be something as simple as blindly typing the command "reset"
(without the quotes) just after doing Ctrl-Alt-Fn. That will only work
if you have a command prompt open and waiting. A more heavy-handed
method is to use acpid to tell your system that a short tap on the "big
power button" kicks you over to text console 1, rather than doing a
reboot. Yes, acpid works with desktops, as well as laptops.
as root...
cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
Power management options (ACPI, APM) --->
[*] Power Management support
ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support
[*] ACPI Support
<*> Button
Compile and re-boot into new kernel
emerge acpid
change the uncommented lines in /etc/acpi/events/default to read
event=.*
action=chvt 1
execute the commands...
/etc/init.d/acpid start (to start acpid now)
rc-update add acpid default (to automatically start acpid at future bootups)
Notes:
- When testing, I suggest executing "sync" as a precaution, just
before pressing the "big power button".
- PCs also have a smaller power button which is hard-wired to shutdown
or re-boot. Do not press that button.
- After editing /etc/acpi/events/default run the command
/etc/init.d/acpid restart
to force acpid to read in the new config
--
Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
