Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea?
habtool
habtool at gmail.com
Tue Feb 10 23:52:21 UTC 2009
On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 17:42 -0600, Nergar -blank- wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 09:59, Clive Wagenaar
> <clivewagenaar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> (It is a pity this is from upstream where Arch, fedora etc
> will all also
> 'dumbed down' too)
>
>
> Is this true? If it is, then C-A-B should be left disabled.
>
> --
> hacker != cracker
It is already affecting fedora, came across this 'new feature' when
trying out F11 Alpha a few days back to test BTRFS..
Quote:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Alpha_release_notes#X_Server
X Server
The key combination Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server has been
disabled by default. To get this behaviour back, add the the line
Option "DontZap" "false"
to the ServerFlags section in xorg.conf.
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