-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Wim Kerkhoff wrote:
> The "three-fingered salute" mentioned by someone else did not work. > Basically, > the keyboard/mouse were dead. > A suggestion I have for situations like this is to have compiled in support for the "Magic SysRq" key in your kernel (it's like the last option presented in any of the make *config methods. Then read the documentation in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt. It will allow you to send messages straight to the kernel to sync disks, read-only remount disks, kill all procs on the current VT, etc. It's incredibly useful. It usually works even when Ctrl-Alt-Del or Bs don't work. noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBN6cpYYdCcpBjGWoFAQFZJwP+KEcben4VE2ABQH4JrNvAxAcGVOvqbXmC POARZ7s15pdZsn/MaEzIQPe9gJpejVEvKvjc04suMkFwwBtrcb8JyBOTuQSmJ9m/ NEQoPxcxEdWf0iBrBqA9wGabxlQkY655BnI3D8eMVFjg1O3+75FFQ9ID9WcikjnE A5chdsVP4cc= =8H82 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
