Bug 65138 - SysRq key is broken
Summary: SysRq key is broken
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-05-18 02:49 UTC by Dmitry Bolkhovityanov
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-06-03 18:47:36 UTC
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Description Dmitry Bolkhovityanov 2002-05-18 02:49:31 UTC
Description of Problem:
After any usage of SysRq (Alt+PrtSc combination), *any* key press/release is
treated as Alt+PrtSc+?, i.e. prints a short help of SysRq commands.  The
keyboard isn't usable anymore, i.e. it doesn't enter keystrokes and even doesn't
switch consoles.  The only exception is SysRq itself -- those commands still
work, so that one has an ability to cleanly reboot the machine with Alt+PrtSc+S,U,B.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.4.18-3

How Reproducible: 
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Change kernel.sysrq in /etc/sysctl.conf from "0" to "1" and reboot the
machine ("echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq" should be enough, but I haven't
checked it).
2. Press Alt+PrtSc+?
3. Voila!

Actual Results:
The short help message is printed and any other key begins to be interpreted as
Alt+PrtSc+?

Expected Results:
The short help message is printed and nothing else should happen.

Additional Information:
The machine has Asus P3B-F motherboard (100Mhz) and BTC 5126T PS/2 keyboard (but
this is probably irrelevant).

Comment 1 Pete Zaitcev 2002-06-03 18:47:25 UTC
Arjan, shall I take it?


Comment 2 Pete Zaitcev 2002-07-23 03:33:45 UTC
Try 2.4.18-5.



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