F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

[Christopher Stone]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 03:18:29PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>> On 2009/03/29 19:26 (GMT+0100) Matthew Garrett composed:
>>
>> > I haven't seen any good suggestions.
>>
>> Why is the openSUSE solution posted at least twice in this thread not a "good
>> suggestion"?
>
> Because it provides no worthwhile feedback that what you've just pressed
> is bad, and so doesn't discourage you from trying it again. It reduces
> the probability of disaster but it's still not especially friendly.

Actually the SUSE patch emits an audible tone the first time you press
ctrl-alt-backspace.  The tone will last for two seconds, and the user
must press ctrl-alt-backspace again before the tone stops in order to
kill X.