From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 16 15:29:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [134.226.81.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0D3FE37B424 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 15:29:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from walton.maths.tcd.ie by salmon.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 16 Sep 2000 23:29:40 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 23:29:40 +0100 From: David Malone To: bein@world.std.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Panic key on std PC keyboard .... Message-ID: <20000916232939.A74382@walton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <39C3F070.36E7E030@rcn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <39C3F070.36E7E030@rcn.com>; from bein@rcn.com on Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 06:13:04PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 06:13:04PM -0400, David Bein wrote: > Does anyone know which key is the PNC key on a typical keyboard? > This is the key which with sysctl machdep.enable_panic_key=1 should force > a panic. Earlier today I found my machine wedged and had to power cycle > to get unstuck. So for future reference, this will be very handy info. Just grepping through /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/ it looks like the panic key isn't usually enabeled. So you have to enable the sysctl and edit a keymap to make some combination of keys panic the machine. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message