On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 16:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > 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? > > -- That would be because left and right Ctrls and Alts send different keycodes, particularly with the right alt and non-English keyboards (right alt is often a compose or additional character set key.) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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