On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 13:26 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 08/20/2012 01:24 PM, Aaron Konstam uttered this comment: > > On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 13:05 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > >> On 08/20/2012 12:55 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >>> It is hard to know where to start with the problems with the use of the > >>> SysReg key.. Since acording to the Wikipedia notes in order to get these > >>> Magic SysReg features to work you have tp add the Ctrl button. So to > >>> reboot you would have to use the Ctrl+Alt+SysReg+ b button. On my > >>> workstation Keyboard this is nearly impossible to do because of the > >>> position of the SysReg key in the upper right corner of the keyboard. > >>> On my laptop where I can hit the keys the function fails to work. > >>> Without the Ctrl all you get is screen shots which I do get. > >>> > >>> With the alternate approach of: > >>> echo key > /proc/sysreq-trigger the reboot works but I can't detect > >>> anything else working. > >>> > >>> So how does one use these magic keys ? > >>> > >> > >> I can't speak for anybody else, but when I've experimented with it, I > >> used both hands. > > > > Ok, it can be reached when you use both hands but it still does not work > > for me. Does it matter which Ctrl key you use? > > It shouldn't, but it's not "CTRL", it's "ALT". ALT-SYSRQ-commandkey > > > Just to be clear, in /etc/sysctl.conf I changed: kernel.sysrq to 1 from > > 0. > > Did you "sysctl -p" or reboot after doing that? > - yes I did. -- ======================================================================= To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. -- Bertrand Russell ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
