Re: Supporting SYSRQ on broken laptops like the thinkpad T530

From: Marc MERLIN
Date: Sat Mar 30 2013 - 16:45:36 EST


On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 06:56:28PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. Don't blame lenovo for
> that.
>
> Maybe it should be modified to take sysrq and _then_ key?
>
> Or maybe we should use something like lshift+rshift+lalt+ralt+key?

It can't hurt to add alternatives like the one you suggested. They don't
have to be convenient, although the one you suggest takes 5 fingers at
the same time :)

Is there anything that uses
shift+ctrl+alt + key
in userspace?

I checked enlightenment 17, they have crazy key bindings, but nothing
that uses all 3 modifier keys at the same time.
If that's not safe, feel free to add one or 2 more just to be safe.

Thanks for suggesting this.

Marc
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