Enabling Ctrl-Alt-Backspace in 9.10

[pkaplan1 at comcast.net]

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From: "Nigel Ridley" <nigel at prayingforisrael.net> 
To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:18:24 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: Enabling Ctrl-Alt-Backspace in 9.10 


>> I found that adding the above lines in xorg.conf allows the key combo 
>> rightalt+printscreen+k to kill X, at least on intel graphics. 
>> 
>> To enable ctrl+alt+backspace for all users try creating a file called 
>> /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10_keymap.fdi and add the following line (no quotes): 
>> "<merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>" 

>Is it in /etc or /usr/share?: 


/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ You have to create the file 10_keymap.fdi It didn't exist on my system. 

>You can add the following line in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi (inside 
>the <match key=”info.capabilities” contains=”input.keys”> section): 

> <merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge> 

>Taken from: 
>http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-enabledisable-ctrlaltbackspace-in-ubuntu-9-10-karmic.html 

>> 
>> Can't recall where I found this. 
>> Paul 
>> 

>Nigel 


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