Paul Davis wrote:
>
> >Interesting. Better check my config to see if I'm really
> >using it in this kernel...
> >But I remember other times that I couldn't get sysreq to work
> >in X.
me too.
> under X, none of the options that get it to print anything on the
> console do anything to the screen, but they all still have an
> effect. the acid test is to use the reboot combo
> (Ctl-Alt-SysReq-b).
on my system it's just alt-sysrq, but it seems that the event does
not always reach the kernel.
is it possible that some x apps can swallow it, or does the kernel
weed out sysrq events before any userspace tasks ?
--
Computer Science is no more about computers than
astronomy is about telescopes.
- Edsger W. Dijkstra
Sigh.
- me
