Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!tukki.jyu.fi!jyu.fi!otto From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun Subject: Re: How to disable break key on console? Message-ID: Date: 9 Feb 91 16:45:42 GMT References: <1991Feb6.195059.18763@cbnews.att.com> <1991Feb7.032051.281@ccs.carleton.ca> Sender: news@tukki.jyu.fi (News articles) Organization: Turing Police, Criminal AI section Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: mikey@ccs.carleton.ca's message of 7 Feb 91 03:20:51 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: jyu.fi In article <1991Feb7.032051.281@ccs.carleton.ca> mikey@ccs.carleton.ca (Mike McFaul) writes: In article <1991Feb6.195059.18763@cbnews.att.com> wv@cbnews.cb.att.com (william.e.duncan) writes: >We've got a couple of 4/280's with dumb terminals as >consoles. Is there any way to disable the break key >so it won't bring the system down to the boot prompt? Well it depends on how much you value your 'dumb' terminal. We have a VC404 on our sun server and I riped the break key right off the keyboard. Well that wasn't enough, our operators kept reaching into the keyboard to hit that break key. Finally I put a plastic cover over it and taped it down -- you have to lift it to hit break. Take it from me a sign on the keyboard saying "don't touch" invariably causes people to hit it. However, this doesn't help very much. Just try powering the terminal off. You'll send something resembling a break down the serial line -> the Sun is in debug mode (I once was stuck with my finger holding the terminal power switch down after I realized I'd goofed -- then a quick double-stab to power the terminal up again and G-return; the system didn't even notice it had been in debug mode :-) Software suggestions, anyone ? -- /* * * Otto J. Makela * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (USR HST/V.32, 24h/d) */ /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1 B 18, SF-40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland, EUROPE */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */