Re: Scroll Lock

Egor Egorov (egor@fastware.kiev.ua)
Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:07:57 +0300 (EET DST)


On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Vadim E. Kogan wrote:

> when I hit ScrollLock (or Ctrl-S) on tty1
> #echo "test" > /dev/tty1
> will hang. ^C/^Z won't work.
> When I press ScrollLock (or Ctrl-Q) on tty1 - it prints test & other
> console works again.
> Is there reason for that?

Yes, it's a special feature. Look for the name of this key: "scroll" (!)
lock.

> Vadim

Egor Egorov, lost soul.