Add hint on sysrq on some keyboards
Hi!
This trick is maybe nontrivial... and it is needed on many machines. Please apply,
Pavel
usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt renamed from usr/src/tmp/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt +4 -1
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On x86 - You press the key combo 'ALT-SysRq-<command key>'. Note - Some keyboards may not have a key labeled 'SysRq'. The 'SysRq' key is - also known as the 'Print Screen' key. + also known as the 'Print Screen' key. Also some keyboards can not + handle so many keys being pressed at the same time, so you might + have better luck with "press Alt", "press SysRq", "release Alt", + "press <command key>", release everything. On SPARC - You press 'ALT-STOP-<command key>', I believe.
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 01:58:54 +0200 Pavel Machek <[email protected]> wrote:
| Hi! | | This trick is maybe nontrivial... and it is needed on many | machines. Please apply, | Pavel | | --- /usr/src/tmp/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt 2003-03-27 10:39:46.000000000 +0100 | +++ /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt 2003-08-13 00:55:53.000000000 +0200 | @@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | On x86 - You press the key combo 'ALT-SysRq-<command key>'. Note - Some | keyboards may not have a key labeled 'SysRq'. The 'SysRq' key is | - also known as the 'Print Screen' key. | + also known as the 'Print Screen' key. Also some keyboards can not | + handle so many keys being pressed at the same time, so you might | + have better luck with "press Alt", "press SysRq", "release Alt", | + "press <command key>", release everything. | | On SPARC - You press 'ALT-STOP-<command key>', I believe.
Well, that is good info.
or use: 'echo key > /proc/sysrq-trigger' if your keyboard is working.
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