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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.

Thomas, have you tried Ctrl-Alt-F2 to Ctrl-Alt-F6?

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