Re: Scroll Lock on VT prevents reboot/shutdown

2016-09-30 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2016-09-30 18:58 (UTC+0300): On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 18:06:18 (+0300), Reco wrote: Presumably systemd has its merits, but VT handling is not one of them. I agree that there're many cornercases in sysvinit's VT handling, but inability to shut down and reboot is always a

Re: Scroll Lock on VT prevents reboot/shutdown

2016-09-30 Thread David Wright
On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 18:06:18 (+0300), Reco wrote: > Presumably systemd has its merits, but VT handling is not one of them. > I agree that there're many cornercases in sysvinit's VT handling, but > inability to shut down and reboot is always a touchy subject to me. > > But I'm not intending to s

Re: Scroll Lock on VT prevents reboot/shutdown

2016-09-30 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:09:25 -0300 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2016, Reco wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:03:31PM +, Matt Sickler wrote: > > > I'm not sure which package this bug should be filed against, partially > > > because I'm not entirely sure

Re: Scroll Lock on VT prevents reboot/shutdown

2016-09-30 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 30 Sep 2016, Reco wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:03:31PM +, Matt Sickler wrote: > > I'm not sure which package this bug should be filed against, partially > > because I'm not entirely sure of the root cause. I'm able to replicate it > > on our systems every time, though I have n

Re: Scroll Lock on VT prevents reboot/shutdown

2016-09-30 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:03:31PM +, Matt Sickler wrote: > I'm not sure which package this bug should be filed against, partially > because I'm not entirely sure of the root cause. I'm able to replicate it on > our systems every time, though I have not tried on a fresh install

Re: Scroll Lock on VT prevents reboot/shutdown

2016-09-29 Thread davidson
no is not available, I think any application that interacts with the user would work, but I've only tried using nano. 3) Hit Scroll Lock - At this point, anything you type will get buffered somewhere and won't show up until you turn off Scroll Loc

Re: Scroll Lock on VT prevents reboot/shutdown

2016-09-29 Thread davidson
ried using nano. 3) Hit Scroll Lock - At this point, anything you type will get buffered somewhere and won't show up until you turn off Scroll Lock. Leave it on for the moment. 4) Switch to a different VT using Alt+F2 or do these next steps from

Scroll Lock on VT prevents reboot/shutdown

2016-09-29 Thread Matt Sickler
2) Start nano. If nano is not available, I think any application that interacts with the user would work, but I've only tried using nano. 3) Hit Scroll Lock - At this point, anything you type will get buffered somewhere and won't show up until you turn off Scroll Lock. Leave

Scroll Lock

2010-01-04 Thread Bob Brewer
Hi Is there a reason why the 'Scroll Lock' key on my up to date SID / KDE4 box is inoperative. If I run "xmodmap -e 'add mod3 = Scroll_Lock'" I can re-enable it, but I don't want to compromise any functions that may need 'Scroll Lock' disabled. B

KVM switches (VGA+PS2) and stuck Scroll Lock key in Debian

2009-03-15 Thread Phillip Pi
Hello. I have two old Belkin OmniCube KVMs (2-ports and 4-ports using VGA and PS2) from 2000 or so between Windows and Debian/Linux boxes. In Linux/Debian, I noticed sometimes my xscreensaver will not start (stuck scroll lock confirmed with its debugging logs and the developer) and console

scroll-lock in X

2005-09-21 Thread James R. Phillips
Hi Debian users, I bought an illuminated keyboard that uses the scroll-lock key to turn the illumination on/off. Works ok in wink. In sarge, it sort of works on a virtual terminal, i.e., the illumination turns on/off with the scroll-lock key, but it also locks the terminal when the illumination

Re: Scroll lock stuck on.. Darn it!

2005-06-22 Thread Simon
ogin program retains this historical curiosity. I just need to know how to turn it off! Is there another way of turning off scroll-lock, some sort of key combination? FIXED!!! Get pissed with keyboard.. hit random keys. Whatever i did, took off scroll-lock without hitting the scrol

Re: Scroll lock stuck on.. Darn it!

2005-06-22 Thread Marty
Simon wrote: Hi There, I have a debian sarge box that i have just installed into our rack space, networking is currently OFF (so no ssh access). It is controlled by an IP KVM switch, so i have direct access to the screen and keyboard. The problem i have is that the scroll-lock is on so i

Re: Scroll lock stuck on.. Darn it!

2005-06-22 Thread Simon
retains this historical curiosity. I just need to know how to turn it off! Is there another way of turning off scroll-lock, some sort of key combination? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scroll lock stuck on.. Darn it!

2005-06-22 Thread Kent West
Simon wrote: > The problem i have is that the scroll-lock is on so i cant login etc, > but the shift key seems to be stuck somehow, as when i toggle scroll > lock off, it prints meminfo to the screen (This is normally > shift-scrolllock). I remember seeing a thread some years ago ab

Scroll lock stuck on.. Darn it!

2005-06-22 Thread Simon
Hi There, I have a debian sarge box that i have just installed into our rack space, networking is currently OFF (so no ssh access). It is controlled by an IP KVM switch, so i have direct access to the screen and keyboard. The problem i have is that the scroll-lock is on so i cant login etc

Re: Random Lockups w/ caps lock, scroll lock

2003-10-14 Thread Matt McMinn
remedy, and on reboot, the drive didn't mount, with an "unknown option" error. So what's happening to my machine is after a while - I've seen it anywhere from 5 minutes to a few days - it locks up *hard*, and for some reason the Caps lock and Scroll Lock lights on the keyboa

Re: Random Lockups w/ caps lock, scroll lock

2003-10-14 Thread David Fokkema
r=none remedy, and on reboot, the drive didn't mount, with an > "unknown option" error. > > So what's happening to my machine is after a while - I've seen it anywhere from 5 > minutes to a few days - it locks up *hard*, and for some reason the Caps lock and >

Random Lockups w/ caps lock, scroll lock

2003-10-14 Thread Matt McMinn
option" error. So what's happening to my machine is after a while - I've seen it anywhere from 5 minutes to a few days - it locks up *hard*, and for some reason the Caps lock and Scroll Lock lights on the keyboard turn on. No X, no sshd, nothing, so I can't get in from anothe

Re: ^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Monday, October 22, Mark Carroll did write: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > > > anyone know what signal ^S sends, and how to unfreeze a konsole when it > > My guess would be SIGSTOP. No. SIGSTOP actually stops (i.e., suspends) the process to which it is sent. (SI

Re: ^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread Matthew Garman
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 03:16:54PM -0400, Mark Carroll wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > > it's really frustrating because i often fat-finger ^S when reaching for > > ^A or ^E (which i often use, resulting in far too frequently locked > > sessions). > > You can probably

Re: ^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread Vineet Kumar
* 'cduck' Chris Grierson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011022 11:56]: > anyone know what signal ^S sends, and how to unfreeze a konsole when it > gets pressed? on one of the system consoles (tty1-6; btw, what is the > proper name for these?), it is effectively a scroll-lock (the scro

Re: ^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread Jeffrey W. Baker
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > anyone know what signal ^S sends, and how to unfreeze a konsole when it > gets pressed? on one of the system consoles (tty1-6; btw, what is the > proper name for these?), it is effectively a scroll-lock (the scroll-

Re: ^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 10:35:58AM -0700, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > anyone know what signal ^S sends, and how to unfreeze a konsole when it > gets pressed? on one of the system consoles (tty1-6; btw, what is the > proper name for these?), it is effectively a scroll-lock

Re: ^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread Erik Steffl
'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > > anyone know what signal ^S sends, and how to unfreeze a konsole when it > gets pressed? on one of the system consoles (tty1-6; btw, what is the try ctrl-q erik

Re: ^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread Mark Carroll
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > anyone know what signal ^S sends, and how to unfreeze a konsole when it My guess would be SIGSTOP. > gets pressed? on one of the system consoles (tty1-6; btw, what is the ^Q usually works for me. (snip) > it's really frustrating because i o

Re: ^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread John Hasler
Chris Grierson writes: > anyone know what signal ^S sends,... ^S is X-OFF. > and how to unfreeze a konsole when it gets pressed? ^Q, which is X-ON. This a FAQ. > on one of the system consoles (tty1-6; btw, what is the > proper name for these?) Virtual consoles. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: ^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread Jesper Holmberg
* On Mon Oct 22, 'cduck' Chris Grierson wrote: > anyone know what signal ^S sends, and how to unfreeze a konsole when it > gets pressed? What signal it sends, I don't know. But to disable it, press ^Q. HTH, Jesper -- Jesper Holmberg|"But how can | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

^S/scroll-lock in konsole

2001-10-22 Thread 'cduck' Chris Grierson
anyone know what signal ^S sends, and how to unfreeze a konsole when it gets pressed? on one of the system consoles (tty1-6; btw, what is the proper name for these?), it is effectively a scroll-lock (the scroll- lock light on the keyboard will light up also), but you have to press the scroll-lock

Re: scroll lock in rxvt

2000-09-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 01:26:05AM +1100, Edward C. Lang wrote: > > C-q, not C-w bah! /me slaps self. don't know where i got C-w from ... > As from stty -a: > > ... > start = ^Q; > stop = ^S; > ... ah ok, missed those.. thanks. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpNBPShPU

Re: scroll lock in rxvt

2000-09-26 Thread Edward C. Lang
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>>>> "EB" == Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: EB> this seems obvious but i haven't found a solution yet.. EB> control s activates the scroll lock, which in the console i can EB> release by p

scroll lock in rxvt

2000-09-26 Thread Ethan Benson
this seems obvious but i haven't found a solution yet.. control s activates the scroll lock, which in the console i can release by pressing the scroll lock key on my keyboard (i thought control w was also supposed to release it but it does not work on my systems) however in X using rxvt