On Friday 27 April 2001 09:36, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 08:34:01PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > I read in some documentation that the key combination for shutting down
> > Linux in an orderly way, from any user account, is Ctrl-Alt-Delete. I
> > figure the equivalent on the iMac keyboard is Ctrl-Opt, but I wonder what
> > substitutes for the Delete key, the backspace key marked Delete doesn't
> > cut it.
>
> you know ive always been curious about this, i have never found a way
> for the control-alt-del combo to work on powerpcs. on intel the
> `delete' key is what mac people call the forward-delete key. but
> neither that or backspace work on a mac (as ctrl-alt-del).
>
> this may work correctly when you switch to linux keycodes but i
> haven't done that yet since its not clear to me whether a new
> console-* package may be required or not.
>
> something else ive wondered, why can't control-command-power be
> trapped by init and used as ctrlaltdel? is this hardwired in hardware
> and untrappable by software?
It appeared in this mailinglist a few ago. Somebody found out that
Shift-Fn-Ctrl + Command equals ctrlaltdel. It works on my Pismo. Even init
recognizes it such that my Pismo powers down when I press this key comination.
Have fun,
Phil.
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