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Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 15:31:57 -0700
From: george anzinger <george@mvista.com>
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Subject: Re: missing sysrq
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Dieter Nützel wrote:
> 
> Am Freitag, 1. Juni 2001 16:51 schrieben Sie:
> > > Have you tried "echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq"?
> > > You need both, compiled in and activation.
> >
> > no, look at the code.  the enable variable defaults to 1.
> 
> Then there must be a bug?
> I get "0" with 2.4.5-ac2 and -ac5 without "echo 1".
> 
> Fresh booted 2.4.5-ac2:

Bet not!  Most distro scripts turn it off on the way up.  Sometimes it
is a bit hard to find where they do it too.

George