No, this is different. PrntScrn and SysRq are on the same button, but I can use them separately. To use PrntScrn, I have to hold Shift in addition to Fn. Otherwise it registers as SysRq.
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:50 AM, TomasHnyk <tomash...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this is more or less a duplicate of > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control- > center/+bug/198748<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-%0Acenter/+bug/198748> > > -- > "Magic SysRq keys" don't work on laptop (Dell XPS M1210) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315503 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > After reading about the "Magic SysRq key" combinations, I have attempted to > use them several times when my laptop (a Dell XPS M1210) has crashed for > various reasons, and they have never worked. The specific sequences I've > tried were REISUB and RSEIUB, and neither had any visible effect. > > This may have something to do with the keyboard layout. It's more or less a > normal QWERTY, but several keys share space, including SysRq, which is on > F11. To switch between them there is a Fn key which must be pressed. So in > theory, the full key combo would actually be Alt+Fn+F11/SysRq+R and so on. > But this doesn't seem to work. I've also tried it without the Fn key, and > that doesn't seem to work either. I don't have a USB keyboard available, so > I don't know if it works with another keyboard attached. > > If there's any other useful information I can give you, let me know. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > Package: linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.23 > ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=2f1c73c2-68b9-40b2-9ad7-0899f0df580b ro quiet splash > ProcEnviron: > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-11.23-generic > SourcePackage: linux > -- "Magic SysRq keys" don't work on laptop (Dell XPS M1210) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315503 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
