Description of problem: I terminated the X server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace due to bug #186689. Anaconda drops to the console and terminates/unmounts everything and prints that it is okay to reboot the system. However Ctrl-Alt-Delete does not work and the machine needs to be power cycled. Not fun if the machine is being accessed via a kvm. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC 5 release installer. How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Terminate X server (or otherwise cause Anaconda to exit abnormally) 2. Try to reboot with Ctrl-Alt-Delete. Actual results: No reboot. Expected results: Reboot.
This works fine for me here -- is tty switching still working? Also, you can try sysrq as another option.
TTY switching still works. Sysrq also works. The problem appears to be a kernel bug with ignoring right alt. Right alt also is ignore in Anaconda. left control-left alt-delete works right control-left alt-delete works right control-right alt-delete does NOT work (in Linux. Works in BIOS) left control-right alt-delete does NOT work (in Linux. Works in BIOS)
Right control and right alt are different keys from the left ones, which means they have different keycodes. Linux doesn't trap those the way it does trap the left ctrl and alt to cause a reboot.