Re: 2.0.31p2 locks up

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:18:22 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > Has anyone written a program that emulates pressing shift-scroll lock for
> > servers that run with no keyboards or in remote locations? Driving 150
> > miles to press 2 keys isn't too practical.
>
> Get 2.1.X. Turn magic sysrq support on. Get patch from me, and you'll
> be able to do such things from serial console. (You may need null
> modem from one computer to same one, seems fun to me ;-).

I've got relatively unattended remote systems. I'm not ready for 2.1.x
yet. Also, serial console isn't terribly convenient at that distance
either.

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