On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 22:32 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 15:27 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Theree seems to be general agreement if you don't include the CTRL key > > only a snapshopt is genrqated the function is not executed. > > Depends on your user interface... If you're using something like Gnome, > it's assigned its own function to ALT and PrintScreen (to screengrab the > current active window), versus PrintScreen (by itself, to screengrab the > whole desktop). > > Whereas, at a basic text-only console, it may be ignoring presses of the > PrintScreen/SystemRequest key, and pass it along, for something else to > deal with. > > The same goes for other hotkeys. Outside of Gnome, for instance, you > can switch between terminals simply by pressing ALT and one of the > Function keys. Inside Gnome, it's using those key combinations for its > own purposes, so another key sequence is used. Again, adding CTRL to > it, does the job. > I did all these things in a alt-f2 console (no Gnome). And they still did not work. I want some one to tell me they hit: cntl+alr+sysrq b and got a reboot. -- ======================================================================= It's multiple choice time... What is FORTRAN? a: Between thre and fiv tran. b: What two computers engage in before they interface. c: Ridiculous. ======================================================================= 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
