Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del problem

["Carlo U. Segre" <segre@charlie.acc.iit.edu>]

On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I seem to have a little problem with Ctrl-Alt-Del. When I'm going to turn off
> my computer I usually press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot, and when the computer 
> reboots I turn it of. 
> 
> However, if I do Ctrl-Alt-Del (or hold down the keys just a little to long, 
> which to me seems to be a very short interval; which is the way I usually get 
> hit by this problem) several times quickly, the system won't reboot. 
> 
> 

I have also seen this.  I don't know what causes it, but when it happens, 
any further Ctrl-Alt-Del presses produces a message like "no more 
processes to kill".  The reset button is the only way to solve this.


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