Re: Sun alternate break

> Is there a way to set a flag for Sun machines individually that have had
> this change made to them...
> 
> http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?type=0&doc=srdb%2F20427&disp
> lay=plain
> 


it's this bit of the patch
Step 2.  Modify the /etc/default/kbd file, by removing the # from the entry:
  #KEYBOARD_ABORT=enable

        and changing it to:

        KEYBOARD_ABORT=alternate

that actually sets the alternate break, just removing the comment will set it 
to the standard break and setting (from memory)
KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable 
will disable it completely, you can also use the kbd command to alter it.

NB one thing we were wondering about this is at what level does the standard 
break operate, does anyone know if it's handled by something in the solaris 
kernel or by something in firmware as we have a minor concern that we might be 
losing some functionality by running with this patch.


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