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From: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
To: Fredrik Roubert <roubert@df.lth.se>
Subject: Re: Magic Alt-SysRq change in 2.6.18-rc1
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:59:41 +0200
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On Monday 10 July 2006 11:44, Fredrik Roubert wrote:
> On Sun 09 Jul 23:06 CEST 2006, Alan Stern wrote:
> 
> > Before 2.6.18-rc1, I used to be able to use it as follows:
> >
> > 	Press and hold an Alt key,
> > 	Press and hold the SysRq key,
> > 	Release the Alt key,
> > 	Press and release some hot key like S or T or 7,
> > 	Repeat the previous step as many times as desired,
> > 	Release the SysRq key.
> >
> > This scheme doesn't work any more,
> 
> The SysRq code has been updated to make it useable with keyboards that
> are broken in other ways than your. With the new behaviour, you should
> be able to use Magic SysRq with your keyboard in this way:
> 
> 	Press and hold an Alt key,
> 	Press and release the SysRq key,
> 	Press and release some hot key like S or T or 7,
> 	Repeat the previous step as many times as desired,
> 	Release the Alt key.

While we are at it, does someone know how to trigger
the sysrq on a PowerBook? Kernel Documentation says to press F13,
but the PowerBook keyboard does not have F13.

-- 
Greetings Michael.