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| author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2000-04-19 04:00:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2000-04-19 04:00:00 +0000 |
| commit | 46e045034336a2cc90c1798cd7cc07af744ddfd6 (patch) | |
| tree | 3b9b51fc482e729f663d25333e77fbed9aaa939a /Documentation/sysrq.txt | |
| parent | 31dc59d503a02e84c4de98826452acaeb56dc15a (diff) | |
Merge with Linux 2.3.99-pre4.
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysrq.txt b/Documentation/sysrq.txt index 49faf2dab..b68e71cf9 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysrq.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysrq.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - MAGIC SYSRQ KEY DOCUMENTATION v1.31 + MAGIC SYSRQ KEY DOCUMENTATION v1.32 ------------------------------------ - [Mon Mar 13 21:45:48 EST 2000] + [Sat Apr 8 22:15:03 CEST 2000] * What is the magic SysRQ key? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ virtual console (ALT+Fn) and then back again should also help. * I hit SysRQ, but nothing seems to happen, what's wrong? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -There are some keyboards which do not support 'SysRQ', you can try running -'showkey -s' and pressing SysRQ or alt-SysRQ to see if it generates any -0x54 codes. If it doesn't, you may define the magic sysrq sequence to a -different key. Find the keycode with showkey, and change the define of -'#define SYSRQ_KEY 0x54' in [/usr/src/linux/]include/asm/keyboard.h to -the keycode of the key you wish to use, then recompile. Oh, and by the way, -you exit 'showkey' by not typing anything for ten seconds. +There are some keyboards that send different scancodes for SysRQ than the +pre-defined 0x54. So if SysRQ doesn't work out of the box for a certain +keyboard, run 'showkey -s' to find out the proper scancode sequence. Then +use 'setkeycodes <sequence> 84' to define this sequence to the usual SysRQ +code (84 is decimal for 0x54). It's probably best to put this command in a +boot script. Oh, and by the way, you exit 'showkey' by not typing anything +for ten seconds. * I have more questions, who can I ask? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |