F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
Gerry Reno
greno at verizon.net
Fri Mar 27 20:53:43 UTC 2009
Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 16:31 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>
>> I was reading through the F11A Release Notes when I came across this:
>>
>> "The key combination Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server has
>> been disabled by default as a decision of the upstream Xorg project."
>>
>> Having to deal with many servers and workstations in a company it is
>> crucial that Ctrl-Alt-Backspace be enabled by default. There are times
>> when your KVM has lost mouse control or X is in a tight loop and
>> something like Ctrl-Alt-Backspace can save the situation. This is much
>> more common than the uncommon cases that are illustrated as to why this
>> has been removed as default.
>>
>> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace needs to be restored as the "default" and Emacs users
>> or others that find themselves in conflict with Java expressions can
>> just disable it for their very limited purpose.
>>
>
> aaaaaaagh, here comes the zombie thread again...run! run for your lives!
>
Well, sorry, didn't mean to hit some nerve. But, having
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is critical to system admins and most users. Only
Emacs users have a problem with this and they are how much of the total
distro population? (two fingers pinched). All the virtualization tools
rely upon Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart X and you'll find it on all
their menues.
Regards,
Gerry
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