Quoting J Horacio MG ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > ~> I think you need to archive your postings and their replies a > ~> bit more efficiently. I was about to cut and paste a previous > ~> reply on the subject when I noticed that the question was posed > ~> by you! > > I can assure you they are efficiently enough archived. I asked why > Alt+ArrowUp would shutdown the system while it's not configured to > perform that task, and whether it would be safe to comment the line > which refers to it in /etc/inittab: > > # Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow). > kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let this > work." > > See? it doesn't say anywhere to shutdown the system (at least that I > know), but it does. > > The answer I got about a year ago was about configuring Ctrl+Alt+End to > perform the shutdown task, which works perfectly. > > Thank you anyway for your concern
I'm sorry. I thought in light of the previous thread's reply that you would know to look and see was already defined in /etc/kbd/default.map.gz to produce KeyboardSignal (which you yourself must have already made equivalent to shutdown). I hope it's all sorted now and you have removed alt keycode 103 = KeyboardSignal Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.