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Re: [MiNT] Ctrl-Alt-Del (Shutdown)



> > On ordinary U*ix (linux) system pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del do not causes system
> > reset, but allows init to react on it. In MiNT Ctrl-Alt-Del is processed
> > by kernell,
> 
> No, Ctrl-Alt-Del isn't handled by kernels prior 1.16.

Strictly speaking, the keyboard input was processed by the routines in
ROM, at that level. That's why changing the action taken after
Ctrl/Alt/Del was not possible (it was done entirely in ROM). 

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