Re: Magic SysRQ not working for me.
Myrdraal (myrdraal@jackalz.dyn.ml.org)
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 07:40:17 -0400
On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 08:17:57AM -0400, Mike A. Harris wrote:
Hi,
> 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.
> I have a standard AT keyboard (M-Tek K208) and have never had any
> keyboard trouble before with anything.
>
> Is there a problem with sysrq, or do I have to do something to
> enable it? I've searched /proc for a file that might need a "1"
> dumped into it, to no avail.
You're pressing ALT-PRINTSCREEN-<commandkey>, right? If so, then it should
work. There are some keyboards on which it doesn't, though. You should
read Documentation/sysrq.txt. It has an explanation of how to find out
the real keycode.
-Myrdraal
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