Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace kills machine not X. ACPI?

Dave Jones (davej@codemonkey.org.uk)
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 13:15:14 +0000


On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 12:45:45PM +0000, Alex Bennee wrote:

> I've been running into problems with my machine locking up in X but
> however I have been unable to diagnose it because the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
> key sequence kills my whole machine (i.e. powers it down).

ISTR reading something about this a while ago.
Some chipset vendor had the bright idea to make that the 'quick power
off' sequence. I think Egbert Eich (cc'd) came up with a hack to
stop it.

Dave

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