Re: Stuck shift key on one virtual console (2.0.36)
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:07:27 -0500
In message <199903171131.MAA07665@wsdw01.win.tue.nl>, Guest section DW writes:
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| From schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Wed Mar 17 11:15:03 1999
|
| dwguest@win.tue.nl (Guest section DW) writes:
|
| |> But reboot -- what a bad habit, when you have source..
| |> Next time, try, e.g., "kbd_mode -a".
|
| Pretty hard to type if shift is stuck...
|
| essentially by first starting X. And lo! X is also easy to type
| with a stuck shift key.
| And there are so many other ways out - paste using selection
| or gpm for example, or just logging in via net or serial line, ...)
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$ cat >/usr/local/bin/^A
#! /bin/sh
kbd_mode -a
^D
$ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/^A
Now type ^A^J to recover. :-)
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brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH
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