On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 10:39 -0400, Ben Scott wrote: > On 4/4/06, Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to a good tax return this year, I finally have my first new > > system in about 4 years. > > (Some would say that's a bad tax return. (Better to keep your money > and earn interest on it.) But this isn't gnhlug-accounting, so... ;-) > )
*grin* Yeah - I've heard that argument before, and I'd go along with it except for one thing ... I probably would have spent it. 8) > Did/does tapping the [NUM LOCK] key toggle the corresponding LED on > and off? I'll have to check tonight. > What about the "magic SysRq keys"? Does [ALT]+[SysRq]+[S] > (sync) cause disk activity and a log entry, for example. (Note that > magic SysRq is a kernel compile option and a sysctl runtime option, so > it may not be enabled on your system.) These tests will tell you how > dead (or not) the console is. Hmmm - this is new to me. I've heard the term before, but never knew what it was. Is there any easy way to see if it's enabled in my kernel ... remotely? 8) -- Cole Tuininga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
