[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-07-29 Thread NappingUnderBricks
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 303601 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303601 I've got no idea what the 'REISUB' key is, but all i know is that for me, pressing r_alt + SysReq + k crashes my computer. It doesn't just kill the session, or the tty, the whole danged thing locks and I have

Re: [Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-07-29 Thread Jens Ropers
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 303601 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303601 2009/7/29 NappingUnderBricks afarri...@gmail.com: I've got no idea what the 'REISUB' key is It's not a single key. It's a key combination sequence that's customarily used to get badly borked Linux boxen

Re: [Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-07-29 Thread Jens Ropers
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 303601 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303601 2009/7/29 ropers rop...@gmail.com: 2009/7/29 NappingUnderBricks afarri...@gmail.com: I've got no idea what the 'REISUB' key is It's not a single key. It's a key combination sequence that's customarily

[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-03-31 Thread arand
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 303601 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303601 Just to note: It seems like we can use ##right_alt + PrintScreen + K## as well. This does work for me whereas ##alt + (Fn key + Printscreen = SysReq) + K## only gives me screenshots

[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-03-29 Thread arand
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 303601 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303601 Same scenario as BUGabundo, using a vmware machine, REISUB works but not K. -- Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329644

[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-03-29 Thread DaneM
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 303601 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303601 Additional note: I work at a local computer store, and I've remembered to try Alt+Sysrq+k on about 4-5 machines that are booted onto the Hardy live CD at work. (We use that disk for some of our work.) On

[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-03-02 Thread BUGabundo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 303601 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303601 I dont think ths bug (329644) should be marked as a dupe of bug #303601. I cant use alt+sysrq+K, but have no problem with REISUB -- Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it

[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-02-21 Thread Johnathon
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 303601 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303601 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #303601, so it is being marked as such. Please look

[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-02-15 Thread DaneM
Michael, Thanks for reporting this bug, as it affects me as well. I have only tried it on my home Desktop computer, a Core 2 Duo machine with an nVidia 9600GT (by Asus) graphics card, using the proprietary nVidia driver; a logitech Cordless Desktop keyboard and (optical) mouse (model Y-RAJ56A,

[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-02-15 Thread jhansonxi
Reposting my mailing list comment: It does work but doesn't necessarily do anything obvious until the shutdown or reboot key is pressed. If you are connecting with a serial console (not just SSH) from a different system then the messages are displayed. However, not all systems shut down or

[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-02-15 Thread DaneM
jhansonxi, Thanks for the post. I have tried pressing alt+sysreq+reisub, which should shut the system down, but it does nothing while I'm in X/Gnome. If this is a BIOS issue, is there something I can do to fix it? Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks. -- Alt-SysReq-K has no

[Bug 329644] Re: Alt-SysReq-K has no effect, or unintended effect (depending on system it is used on)

2009-02-15 Thread jhansonxi
Reverse-engineer the BIOS and fix the problem or replace it with a Linux BIOS. Note that b is a reboot command while o is power-off. The keys may be different if you are not using a QWERTY keyboard. http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key