Some key combinations cause reboot and kill monitor display

[Nicholas Robinson]

Tom,

Your email reminded me why I don't really like mailing lists. There are too 
many prats around like you who get their fun out of being really unpleasant 
to complete strangers.

Also, I didn't need to be told you have a PhD, I could have guessed.

Nick

On Friday 14 March 2008 05:21:29 Tom Holroyd wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 13:39 -0600, Joseph Thames wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have noticed that sometimes my hand slips in typing an a key
> > combination causes the system to immediately reboot. Yesterday,
> > however, I inadvertently pressed a notebook binder on the keys, and it
> > rebooted, like before, but this time when it booted back up, all that
> > would display on the monitor was two lines of weird characters on the
> > top of the screen. I first thought that I had blown the monitor. but
> > this was not the case. I was able to use the rescue disk to tar up my
> > recent work and ftp it to my web-hosting site.
> >
> > I tried using my installation DVD to update my installation. But this
> > didn't cure the problem. I suspect that I somehow corrupted some X11
> > code, and this is what is causing the display failure.
> >
> > Does anyone know what might be causing this display behavior, and how
> > I might cure it? I don't want to have to do a full re-installation if
> > I can help it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> 	You are an idiot. Either that, or somebody who hates you is pretending
> to be you and is using your computer to send ridiculous email messages
> around the world in order to make you look like an idiot. We call this
> behavior "trolling". Normally, such messages are ignored, because they
> are obviously forgeries; nobody could possibly be as stupid as you
> appear to be. Also, anyone with such an apparently total lack of mental
> ability could not possibly use either tar or ftp, thus cementing the
> case. Please disconnect your computer from the intertubes by removing
> your mouse and putting it into the trash.
>
> --
> Tom Holroyd, Ph.D.
> "If you have to ask, I'm not telling you."
>         -- Classic female answer to a question.