Re: Ctrl - s, s key problem
Once upon a time Nate Duehr said...
>
> On Sunday, Jan 18, 2004, at 13:28 America/Denver, Yan Xu wrote:
>
> >I am new to debian and linux. I installed Debian last week. Now, I
> >have a problem. If I press Ctrl - s in a terminal or in Emacs, the s
> >key will not reponse anymore no matter how I press it. That's
> >annoying. I have to reboot the machine to get the s key to work again.
> >But, I do need Ctrl - s, especially when using Emacs to edit
> >something. Anyone know how to resolve this problem.
>
> Welcome to the 1980's. You've sent an XOFF command to your terminal.
> Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q are interpreted as XON and XOFF -- serial line
> software flow-control.
>
> Normal behavior. Hit Ctrl-Q to continue. :-)
It can also be disabled if desired:
$ stty -ixon
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