From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Fredrik Roubert <roubert@df.lth.se>,
Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Magic Alt-SysRq change in 2.6.18-rc1
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:41:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060711124105.GA2474@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0607102356460.17704@scrub.home>
Hi!
> > > 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:
>
> Apparently it changes existing well documented behaviour, which is a
> really bad idea.
_well documented_? Where was it documented? Anyway, 2.6.17 behaviour
does not work on _many_ keyboards, like for example thinkpad x32...
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-11 21:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-09 21:06 Magic Alt-SysRq change in 2.6.18-rc1 Alan Stern
2006-07-10 0:22 ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-10 1:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-10 3:08 ` Joshua Hudson
2006-07-10 9:44 ` Fredrik Roubert
2006-07-10 9:59 ` Michael Buesch
2006-07-10 21:59 ` Roman Zippel
2006-07-11 12:41 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2006-07-11 22:21 ` Roman Zippel
2006-07-11 22:42 ` [patch] " Pavel Machek
2006-07-11 23:33 ` Roman Zippel
2006-07-11 23:50 ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-12 0:16 ` Roman Zippel
2006-07-12 0:37 ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-12 0:52 ` Roman Zippel
2006-07-12 1:36 ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-12 8:08 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-12 9:07 ` Roman Zippel
2006-07-12 13:26 ` Paulo Marques
2006-07-12 19:42 ` Paulo Marques
2006-07-12 20:05 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-07-12 22:21 ` Paulo Marques
2006-07-12 22:44 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-13 18:48 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-07-12 7:26 ` Fredrik Roubert
2006-07-12 9:09 ` Roman Zippel
2006-07-12 15:12 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-07-11 12:42 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-11 13:54 ` Alan Stern
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2006-07-10 0:01 Chuck Ebbert
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