> Fixes and Enhancements: > *SysRq magic key doesnt work on dell systems remotely
Funny, that doesn't show up on the page for me. > Never mind the missing apostrophe... I've downloaded this release, > installed it, and don't yet have remote Magic SysRq. > I'm not quite sure what key sequence to type. In OpenSSH if I type ~B > to send a break, I can't be pressing the ALT key at the same time. > What exactly is Dell thinking will be at the remote end? You don't need to hold Alt when working over the serial port. Alt+PrintScreen on a PC keyboard sends the special SysRq keycode, which is replaced by the 'break' on a serial console. So break+h over serial should print the SysRq help message. ~B via OpenSSH doesn't work for me either. Looking at the source code for the 'connect com2' program[1], it seems that it's a simple 'cat' from stdin to the serial port, which wouldn't pass through any breaks (I think these are sent via ioctls.) Perhaps this was fixed in the newest firmware? I only have the source up to v1.48 to check. A better alternative might be to write a program which is run directly from the DRAC command line and sends a break + char, then dumps any following output. Sadly Dell haven't released enough of the DRAC code to make this possible. Cheers, Adam. [1] http://www.shikadi.net/dell/opensource-dvd1/DRAC/DRAC5-1.48/DRAC5-1.48.iso/rac5_open/d5ttyd/connect.c which in turn runs http://www.shikadi.net/dell/opensource-dvd1/DRAC/DRAC5-1.48/DRAC5-1.48.iso/rac5_open/rootsrc/usr/sbin/connect.script _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
