Re: X and SysRq [was: Re: Magic SysRQ not working for me.]

D. Schwingel (ds@conex.com.br)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 21:21:16 -0300

D. Schwingel wrote:
>
> Mike A. Harris wrote:
> >
> > I'm running 2.1.125, and have just finished reading the magic
> > sysrq documentation in the kernel Documentation dir. My kernel
> > has this feature compiled in, and I can't get it to work at all.
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I can tell what happens to me (1.2.124).
>
> Before starting X everything happens exactly docs state, however after I
> start X the behavious is as follows:
>
> SHIFT+SCROLL LOCK: seems not work
>
> CTRL+SCROLL LOCK: seems not work
>
> ALT+SYSRQ+(ANY KEY): seems to be working, but nothing is displayed on
> the screeen. I say it seems to be working because the keypresses are
> logged in /var/adm/messages and when I press ALT+SYSRQ+S I can see that
> the buffers are flushed to disk.
>
> It seems to me that the keys are working, but the kernel is printing
> into some black hole.
>
> When X starts does it set the console in some strange place?
>
> I have read Documentation/sysrq.txt and didn't find anything about X
> killing SysRq.

Well....

Forget about it. 2.1.125 is ok.

Dino

>
> Also I would like to report an interesting side effect of pressing
> SHIFT+SCROLL LOCK on the console. In my system, every time I press these
> keys the "Total network buffer allocations" item is increased by 20.
> Just try to press these keys and maintain pressed. You will see the
> numbers in the third line (from bottom to top) increasing each time the
> screen is updated (at least in my machine).
>
> Dino
>
> >
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