I could be totally wrong, but I think... On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 12:11:52AM +0200, J Horacio MG wrote: > I have already pressed by mistake the Alt+ArrowUp key combo, resulting > in a system shutdown (losing all work done!). > > In my /etc/inittab I've got the Ctrl+Alt+End key combo configured for > shutdowns: > > kb:12345:kbrequest:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -h now
This line tells init to shutdown whenever it receives a KeyboardSignal from the keyboard handler, in runlevels 1-5. > and some kbrequest for the Alt+ArrowUp which reads: > > kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let this > work." This line doesn't give any runlevels, so it won't have any effect. > which says nothing about shutdown, so, why does Alt+ArrowUp perform a > system shutdown? Can I safely comment the line? Alt+ArrowUp and Ctrl+Alt+End both send KeyboardSignal to init, so hopefully you've got the line alt keycode 103 = KeyboardSignal in /etc/kbd/default.map.gz If you remove that it should fix it. -- Matt Folwell, Trinity College, Cambridge. CB2 1TQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!