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| zorblek (zorblek) wrote Re: [Bug 315503] Re: "Magic SysRq keys" don't work on laptop (Dell XPS M1210) | #3 |
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No, this is different. PrntScrn and SysRq are on the same button, but I can
use them separately. To use PrntScrn, I have to hold Shift in addition to
Fn. Otherwise it registers as SysRq.
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:50 AM, TomasHnyk <email address hidden> wrote:
> I think this is more or less a duplicate of
> https:/
> center/+bug/198748<https:/
>
> --
> "Magic SysRq keys" don't work on laptop (Dell XPS M1210)
> https:/
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>
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> After reading about the "Magic SysRq key" combinations, I have attempted to
> use them several times when my laptop (a Dell XPS M1210) has crashed for
> various reasons, and they have never worked. The specific sequences I've
> tried were REISUB and RSEIUB, and neither had any visible effect.
>
> This may have something to do with the keyboard layout. It's more or less a
> normal QWERTY, but several keys share space, including SysRq, which is on
> F11. To switch between them there is a Fn key which must be pressed. So in
> theory, the full key combo would actually be Alt+Fn+F11/SysRq+R and so on.
> But this doesn't seem to work. I've also tried it without the Fn key, and
> that doesn't seem to work either. I don't have a USB keyboard available, so
> I don't know if it works with another keyboard attached.
>
> If there's any other useful information I can give you, let me know.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> Package: linux-image-
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/usr/
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSign
> SourcePackage: linux
>