Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea? - no.

[Scott Kitterman]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:17:30 -0500 Evan <eapache at gmail.com> wrote:
>From what I understand, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace isn't the only way to kill X.
>
>Alt-Sysrq-k also works, and is still enabled, as it is significantly less 
likely to be hit by accident.
>
... for some definition of "works" and not on all hardware.  A substantial 
fraction of people I'm aware of the tried this had problems.  On my laptop 
it makes the wifi light blink twice.

Scott K