Bug 6995

Summary: rc.sysinit shouldn't try to use sysrq if it doesn't exist
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Jonathan Kamens <h1k6zn2m>
Component: initscriptsAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
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Version: 6.1CC: h1k6zn2m, rvokal
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Description Jonathan Kamens 1999-11-14 15:21:04 UTC 
The code that tries to turn off sysrq in rc.sysinit should read as follows:

# Turn off sysrq
if [ "$MAGIC_SYSRQ" = "no" -a -e /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq ]; then
        echo "0" > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
fi

The addition of "-a /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq" ensures that the script won't
try to disable sysrq if it isn't compiled into the current kernel.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-11-15 16:52:59 UTC 
already fixed in the errata release...