On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Monday 18 January 2010 23:04:56 James Ausmus wrote: > > And this is why it is a Very Good Thing to spread the word about the > Magic > > SysRq keys. Did <ctrl>-<alt>-<del> not do anything, or a single press of > > the power button (which should send an ACPI shutdown signal, causing the > > system to self-power-off)? > > > > Forgot to add this juicy bit to my last post: > > Very recent buyers of Lenovo laptops don't even *have* a SysRq key anymore. > I > reckon it won't be long before other makers follow suit. I can see Lenovo's > point: there's probably less than 10,000 people in the whole world that > ever > used that key in the last 12 months and all of them are very au fait with > Linux > > Yuck - really? Not even as an unlabeled Alt function of a Print Screen button? Sounds like a new kernel patch needs to be introduced, which allows you to select an alternative to the SysRq key for the magic commands... <sigh> Stupid HW manufacturers... -James
