On: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:35:28 +0200 Horacio M G writes:
>
> Hi there,
> how can I make a key combo work?
> In etc/inittab I get the following line:
>
> # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
> ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now
>
> which is ok for shutting the system down and rebooting. But, how
> about shutting down and halting? I tried adding the line:
>
> # What to do when CTRL-ALT-END is pressed.
> ca:12345:ctrlaltend:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -h now
>
> which was just a guess, and obviously didn't work. I suppose I
> should first of all configure [CtrlAltEnd] as a key combo, but how
> and where?
ctrlaltdel is something special in the inittab. There is an
additional special key combo that can be used, here the according
section from the inittab(5) manpage:
kbrequest
The process will be executed when init receives a
signal from the keyboard handler that a special key
combination was pressed on the console keyboard.
The documentation for this function is not complete
yet; more documentation can be found in the kbd-
x.xx packages (most recent was kbd-0.94 at the time
of this writing). Basically you want to map some
keyboard combination to the "KeyboardSignal"
action. For example, to map Alt-Uparrow for this
purpose use the following in your keymaps file:
alt keycode 103 = KeyboardSignal
The according line could be read as:
ca:12345:kbrequest:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -h now
You need to edit the /etc/kbd/default.map.gz file to insert the
keyboard definition for the ctrl-alt-end key, e.g.:
keycode 107 = Select
altgr control keycode 107 = KeyboardSignal
control alt keycode 107 = KeyboardSignal
(Everything untested)
Torsten
