* Interrupt Key Support?
@ 1999-01-14 0:03 Ryan Mack
1999-01-14 5:02 ` satadru pramanik
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From: Ryan Mack @ 1999-01-14 0:03 UTC (permalink / raw
To: linuxppc-dev; +Cc: mackman
Having been recently frustrated with the lock ups of the accellerated
FBDev X server, I've been thinking about alternative ways to rebooting my
system. GPM doesn't work when the hardware crashes, and telnetting from
another machine is a hassle. I was curious what possiblity there would be
to implement kernel-level or daemon-level support for the "Interrupt" key
present on most PowerMacs and PowerBooks. It seems if this could fuction
as a soft-reboot command (or any other cofigurable command) it would save
a lot of frustration of hard-rebooting in a networkless enviroment or save
time anywhere else. Just a though, I know too little about ppc hardware to
judge how hard it would be. Thanks.
-Ryan Mack
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* Re: Interrupt Key Support?
1999-01-14 0:03 Interrupt Key Support? Ryan Mack
@ 1999-01-14 5:02 ` satadru pramanik
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From: satadru pramanik @ 1999-01-14 5:02 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Ryan Mack; +Cc: linuxppc-dev
The equiv of cntrl-alt-del works.
either cntrl option del, or maybe cntrl command del.
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Ryan Mack wrote:
Having been recently frustrated with the lock ups of the accellerated
FBDev X server, I've been thinking about alternative ways to rebooting my
system. GPM doesn't work when the hardware crashes, and telnetting from
another machine is a hassle. I was curious what possiblity there would be
to implement kernel-level or daemon-level support for the "Interrupt" key
present on most PowerMacs and PowerBooks. It seems if this could fuction
as a soft-reboot command (or any other cofigurable command) it would save
a lot of frustration of hard-rebooting in a networkless enviroment or save
time anywhere else. Just a though, I know too little about ppc hardware to
judge how hard it would be. Thanks.
-Ryan Mack
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