no SysRq key

[Jorge Almeida]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006, Bruce Marshall wrote:

>
> Can I ask what you are trying to use it for?   I use the sysrq key quite a bit
> (magic key reboot sequence) and have never had any problem with it...   and
> recompiling isn't necessary.   (with SuSE anyway)
For emergencies. My system had a hard lockup when trying GoogleEarth,
and I had to reboot by pressing the button. It would be better to try to
kill the X server with the k-command, or sync+unmount+reboot...
Recompiling was necessary because I run gentoo, and the kernel didn't
have support for SysRq (for example, my kernel doesn't even support paralel
port, for which I have no use). But that was the easy part...
I just have no idea of how to use setkeycodes to make the kernel
recognize my key. The documentation quoted in my message is simply not
enough--a complete example would have made all the difference.

I suppose not many people have this problem (although my keyboard is
mainstream, I think). Already tried the gentoo list...

Thanks,

Jorge Almeida