Re: Reboot only w/ mouse - SOLVED
YES! Using this mouse copy & paste technique allowed me to successfully
reboot, without the keyboard.
This keyboard has given me trouble in the past (Dell Quietkey). I am
a former casual RedHat user, and in the past I would have simply hit
the power key. This keyboard trouble happens infrequently enough that
I haven't really persued solving the problem. Well, I ordered a Happy
Hacking Lite 2 keyboard today. If the new keyboard works flawlessly,
than I will know the source of this trouble.
Since installing Debian about two weeks ago, I have subscribed to
this list and I have tremendously benefited from the information.
So far, learning Debian has gone very well, and yes, it is
actually exciting.
One of the responses concerning using a plam pilot to interface
with my machine will need further investigation.
Thanks for helping!
Barry
On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 12:52:35PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman (p@dirac.org) wrote:
> heh. i've had this happen.
>
> if you're luck enough to have the letters "s", "u", either "h", "a", "l",
> "t" or "r", "e", "b", "o", t" and all the letters in your root password,
> you can cut and paste your way into a reboot. this has happened to me
> before, and worked.
>
> can you ssh into your machine? that would be easiest of all.
>
> pete
>
> On Thu 15 Mar 01, 3:14 PM, Mathieu, Barry said:
> > Trouble.
> >
> > My keyboard is not responding (poof - dead), even the LED indicator for caps
> > lock doesn't
> > illuminate. I have X running, w/ ICEWM. There is a mouse menu that allows
> > reboot, but
> > only works if logged-in as root, which I am not. And, I am a bit of a Linux
> > newbie.
> >
> > Is there anyway to reboot my machine simply by using the mouse? Is there
> > any way
> > to re-establish communication with the keyboard w/ only a mouse? Any ideas?
> > I really don't want to push that power button.
> >
> > Sigh,
> > Barry
>
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