On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:31:44 +0200 Laurent Bercot <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/06/2015 02:54, Steve Litt wrote: > > * Whole thing running in a VirtualBox VM > > Ah, I'm not sure how all this plays with virtualization. VirtualBox > looks like a full virtualizer with a separate kernel for the guest, > so it probably makes no difference, but if your guest kernel is also > your host kernel and it's container-based virtualization, then pid 1 > rules may change completely. I'm not familiar enough with virtualized > systems or containers to know exactly what happens in that case. > > > > By the way, my Plop Linux boots up such > > that /proc/sys/kernel/ctrl-alt-del has value 1. Changing it to 0 > > doesn't enable the three finger salute to run /bin/rc.shutdown > > reboot. > > Well, your host system will definitely catch the 3 finger salute; it > won't be sent as is to your guest system. Is there a way for the VM to > send an emulated ctrl-alt-del press to the guest ? Thanks Laurent, It looks like once I fully document my VM setup, I'll need to do the thing on bare metal. Fortunately I have an experimental machine in the next room. I'll let you know the results --- probably in about a week from now. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt June 2015 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence http://www.troubleshooters.com/key
