From: olaf@oski.toppoint.de (Olaf Schlueter) Subject: Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del with SLS 1.03 Date: 15 Aug 1993 12:29:25 +0200
dfox@hip-hop.suvl.ca.us (David Fox) writes:
>C-A-D is really a DOS thing, and not proper Unix shutdown
>procedure. I suggest 'shutdown -h now' and hit the reset button
>after you see the "system halted" message.
That is exactly, what happens when you type ctrl-alt-del in linux,
init executes 'shutdown -r now'. Look at the powerdown entry in
/etc/inittab.
C-A-D "broke" with the release of loadable kernel keytables. The kernel
checks for K_PCOMMA and K_PDOT (Keypad , or Keypad ., for US and non
US keyboards). If you want the old feature back (i.e., stay
"DOS compatible"), edit your keytable and make the "Delete" Key
K_PDOT or K_PCOMMA with an entry like this:
keycode 111 = KP_Comma Remove Remove
This makes the delete key pretty useless for other purposes (so it was
in pre pl10 kernels), and I prefer it the way it is now.
-- Olaf Schlüter, Sandkuhle 4-6, 24103 Kiel, Germany, Toppoint Mailbox e.V. "Frauen inspirieren den Mann zu grossen Taten und hindern ihn daran, sie auszuführen." Kurt Tucholsky