Re: [RFC] tty/sysrq: Add alternative SysRq key

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2021, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

>  The reason for this is with their more recent laptops Lenovo in their 
> infinite wisdom have placed the <PrintScreen> key (which in a traditional 
> PS/2-keyboard manner produces <SysRq> when combined with <Alt>) in their 
> keyboards between the right <Alt> and <Ctrl> keys.  With thumbs not being 
> as accurate as other fingers (and the overall misdesign of the keyboard 
> and touchpad interface) you can imagine how often I have inadvertently hit 
> <SysRq> combined with a letter key, wreaking havoc to my system (and of 
> course I want to keep the key enabled for times when I do need it).

 On second thoughts this can be disabled with `setkeycodes 54 0' once we 
do have an alternative combination available.

  Maciej