Re: pre-2.1.99-3..
Myrdraal (myrdraal@jackalz.dyn.ml.org)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 17:42:52 -0400
On Wed, Apr 29, 1998 at 10:22:45PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
Hi,
> > [etc]
> > + This is for people who want to have some control over the
> > + system even if the system crashes (e.g., to flush the disks, reboot
> > + the system immediately or dump some status information). This is
> > + accomplished by pressing various keys while holding SysRQ
> > + (Alt+PrintScreen). For more information, and a list of valid
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> This is WRONG. Sysrq is happy even on sparc & similar boxes. You do
> not have PrintScreen on sparc. (On sparc, magic combination is
> Stop+letter.)
Ah, I didn't know that. Is there a list of the key combos for the various
architectures or anything like that? I will add it to the sysrq.txt.
> > -6. Sometimes SysRQ seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do?
> > -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > +6. Sometimes SysRQ seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do?
> > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > That happens to me, also. I've found that tapping shift, alt, and control
> > on both sides of the keyboard, and hitting an invalid sysrq sequence again
> > will fix the problem. (ie, something like alt-sysrq-z).
> What about fixing it instead of documenting?
Well, I would, but my C knowledge so far is only enough to make little svgalib
games. I'm learning, though :)
-Myrdraal
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