Re: Magic Alt-SysRq change in 2.6.18-rc1

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Hi,

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Fredrik Roubert wrote:

> > Before 2.6.18-rc1, I used to be able to use it as follows:
> >
> > 	Press and hold an Alt key,
> > 	Press and hold the SysRq key,
> > 	Release the Alt key,
> > 	Press and release some hot key like S or T or 7,
> > 	Repeat the previous step as many times as desired,
> > 	Release the SysRq key.
> >
> > This scheme doesn't work any more,
> 
> The SysRq code has been updated to make it useable with keyboards that
> are broken in other ways than your. With the new behaviour, you should
> be able to use Magic SysRq with your keyboard in this way:

Apparently it changes existing well documented behaviour, which is a 
really bad idea.

bye, Roman
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