CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE stops machine?

[Rick Stevens]

Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
>  --- Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> escribió:
> 
>>Ken Scott wrote:
>>
>>> 
>>>Why does CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE stop my RH9 machine
>>
>>(kills power just as if
>>
>>>one pulled the plug) instead of just restarting
>>
>>stopping X-windows?
> 
> 
> Look at this line of /etc/inittab:
> 
> # Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
> ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
> 
> You can avoid with a comment:
> 
> #ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

Read carefully.  He's saying CTRL-ALT-_BACKSPACE_ is killing his
machine. It should restart X.  CTRL-ALT-_DELETE_ is the shutdown.

His problem is most likely a remap of the keyboard, swapping BS and DEL.

>>It shouldn't, unless you have BACKSPACE and DELETE
>>remapped in your
>>keymap (possible).
>>
> 
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