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From: "Markku Kolkka" <markkuk at tuubi.net>

> jdow kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 22. heinäkuuta
> 2005 02:30):
> > From: "Thomas w. Cranston" <cranston_tom at asapchoice.com>
> > > That is what I did. I pressed control and alt then F1 at the
> > > same time. The screen instantly went black, and the computer
> > > was shut down instantly, as if the powercord had been pulled
> > > out.
> >
> > My initial conclusion is "You've been hacked, Kemo Sabe." But
> > if not then there may be an issue with your X-Windows that
> > Mike Harris might need to know about.
>
> IIRC, some motherboards use Ctrl-Alt-F1 as a keyboard power off
> "hot key". You can't do anything about that from Linux, but it
> may be possible to disable it from BIOS setup.

Eeewwwwww - cause to defenestrate the creatures responsible after a
course of bastinado. {O.O} How utterly evil! Good catch, too, I bet.

{^_^}