Re: 3-finger salute (was Re: Vulcan HD replacement)

["matthew p. conte" <spam@somebody.else>]

Jeff Tacy <slam@home.com> wrote:
> Actually, I do not believe the three-finger salute is hardcoded into
> PC's. Almost all operating systems recognize ctrl-alt-del as reset, but
> I have noted that operating system freeze-up situations cannot be fixed
> using ctrl-alt-del. There is a piece of initd code in Linux that handles
> ctrl-alt-del...Of course, BIOS chips recognize the salute during bootup,
> I think.

first of all, that's the funniest e-mail address ever... =)

second, i have linux, and i know that on some computers, the OS isn't able
to 'trap' the ctrl-alt-delete keystroke, and that coupled with the fact
that the BIOS recognizes, would lead me to believe that it is hardcoded,
but that the OS has the ability to redirect the result of the keystroke.

late/matt.
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