Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:59:26 +0200 (CEST) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: Magic Alt-SysRq change in 2.6.18-rc1 |
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Hi,
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Fredrik Roubert 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:
Apparently it changes existing well documented behaviour, which is a really bad idea.
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