Re: Getting CTRL-ALT-DEL to work (Semi- and puzzlingly SOLVED)
On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 13:19, Thomas Krennwallner wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Sun May 04, 2003 at 11:51:52AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Thanks, but I haven't touched /etc/inittab
> >
> > $ dir /etc/inittab
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2006 Nov 1 2001 /etc/inittab
>
> Aha! I thought it is default to disable C-A-D. Accourding to shutdown(8)
> it checks whether the whitelisted user(s) is logged in and then shuts
> down. Are you logged in when pressing C-A-D? And C-A-D won't work with
> X.
Well, this is interesting.
I've been running all my failed tests using the *right* CTRL and
ALT keys.
When I use the *left* keys, it works like a charm. Why would
this be?
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