From: J Sloan <jjs@lexus.com>
To: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>,
Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Simple local DOS
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:03:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C3F28EF.4090702@lexus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201111458231.13192-100000@netfinity.realnet.co.sz>
IIUC the magic sys req keys work even if the
normal keyboard handling is hosed -
More than once when quake or rtcw appear
to have hosed the console completely, and it
appears "locked up", <ALT><SysRq> k has
brought me back to the gdm login screen.
cu
jjs
Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
>>Ctrl-ALT-F12 selects VT mode from a locked X-window, ALT-F1 gets you
>>to the first VT, ALT-F2, next, etc.
>>No problem at all.
>>
>
>X can kill the keyboard completely, only way in was via remote.
>
>Regards,
> Zwane Mwaikambo
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-11 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-11 13:00 Simple local DOS Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-01-11 18:03 ` J Sloan [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-10 13:46 David Balazic
2002-01-10 13:56 ` David S. Miller
2002-01-10 13:57 ` Xavier Bestel
2002-01-10 14:04 ` David Balazic
2002-01-10 14:22 ` Jasper Spaans
2002-01-10 21:09 ` J Sloan
2002-01-10 14:07 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-01-10 14:58 ` David S. Miller
2002-01-10 15:16 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-01-10 21:10 ` J Sloan
2002-01-10 14:08 ` Matthias Andree
2002-01-10 14:22 ` Wakko Warner
2002-01-09 16:51 David Balazic
2002-01-09 21:50 ` Matthias Andree
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