On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 13:29:07 -0400, Jason Spiro wrote: > On Ubuntu 8.10, in console mode, the PrintScreen key sends SIGQUIT to > the running application. Depending which application you are running, > this may cause it to dump core. So this single wrong keystroke can > cause data loss. Most text editors are unaffected, but most other > apps are. > > This problem has affected most Linux PCs for almost a decade now, but > AFAICT nobody has ever filed a proper bug report about it with the > kernel folks or with Ubuntu. People have complained on mailing lists > though. > There's no way this is 'grave'...
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