On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 12:49:23PM -0000, Martin Pitt wrote: > Oli [2010-10-04 11:42 -0000]: > > While I can see the technical argument for making alt trigger the > > alternate key, the solution in the latest kernel is at least 10 years > > too late.
> I don't believe that Maverick's kernel changed anything in that > regard; the SysRq key functionaly has been pretty much the same since > Linux' inception. It's more likely that something changed in X.org or > the desktop environments. Right. I've been using Alt+PrtSc for SysRq for 15 years, and the one and only time I experienced this key combination generating screenshots (at the time of the Dallas UDS), it was a bug that resulted in much swearing from everyone experiencing it. > > It's also well known that if you want sysrq, you use > control+alt+prscr. > Where is that documented? It's at least news to me. And to me. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- ALT+PrtSc not recognised: breaks built-in screenshot function https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/642792 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
