RHEL5: The shutdown/reboot process hangs up after scroll lock turn on.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • If a user pressed scroll lock key or ctrl-s keys at active console in the past, even if a user executes shutdown/reboot command at pts/*, shutdown/reboot process cannot be finished.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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