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On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 04:40:06AM -0500, Dale wrote |
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> Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> > As long as ctrl-alt-F1 works, that's cool. It hasn't happened to me |
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> > for a while, but it didn't used to be at all difficult to get X broken |
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> > enough that ctrl-alt-F1 wouldn't work. |
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> In that off chance, use the SysRq keys to get it back. If that doesn't |
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> work, you got to reboot anyway. |
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On a somewhat lower level than the keyboard, I enable the power button |
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acpi event in my kernel (yes, it works for a desktop PC too). Then in |
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/etc/acpi/events/default I have... |
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action=chvt 1 |
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Tapping the power button kicks me to tty1. You have to hold down the |
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button for a few seconds to do a panic halt. Note; when testing this |
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setup, it is strongly recommended to sync first before tapping the power |
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button<G>. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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