F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Fri Mar 27 23:14:15 UTC 2009


Once upon a time, Matthias Clasen <mclasen at redhat.com> said:
> So whoever wrote those tools confused a configurable keybinding with a
> supported api.

I don't believe that the Zap function is a configurable keybinding.  It
can only be triggered by Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.

Also, for those recommending Ctrl+Alt+Fn to switch to a text console:
that requires more cooperation from the X server (and functioning
graphics).  I've had X hose the graphics, be unable to restore a text
console, but an X restart re-initialized the hardware back to a working
state.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
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