Re: Ctrl Alt Del does not work

[Ajit Warrier <unixajit yahoo com>]

The value in /proc/sys/kernel/ctrl-alt-del was indeed
0. However when I used the backspace - delete key, the
system did respond and rebooted. So I guess I was
using the wrong key. Any suggested link where I could
read up on changing this key assignment to the delete
key that is below the Insert key?

Thanks all for your suggestions.

Ajit

--- Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com> wrote:
> Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 12:39:46PM -0800, Rick
> Stevens wrote:
> > 
> >>Ajit Warrier wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi list,
> >>>
> >>>On my installation of RH8 Ctrl - Alt - Del does
> not
> >>>work even though my /etc/inittab contains this
> line:
> >>>
> >>># Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
> >>>ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
> >>>
> >>>Is there something I should enable first?
> >>
> >>Verify that the value in
> /proc/sys/kernel/ctrl-alt-del is set to
> >>"0".  If not, use either "sysctl
> kernel.ctrl-alt-del=0" or
> >>"echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/ctrl-alt-del" to set it.
> > 
> > 
> > Hmm.  Learn something new every day.  Two
> questions:  Why 0?  That's
> > counter-intuitive.
> > 
> > Where is it documented?  I'd like to put it into
> my "smart book".
> 
> Install a kernel source RPM or tarball and look at
> 
> 
>
/usr/src/linux-kernelversion/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> 
> It reads, in part:
> 
> "ctrl-alt-del"
> 
> "When the value in this file is 0, ctrl-alt-del is
> trapped and
> sent to the init(1) program to handle a graceful
> restart.
> When, however, the value is > 0, Linux's reaction to
> a Vulcan
> Nerve Pinch (tm) will be an immediate reboot,
> without even
> syncing its dirty buffers."
> 
> And so it goes...
>
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