Suggestion: make control-alt-delete bring up system monitor by default

Martin Alderson martinalderson at gmail.com
Sun Nov 28 17:59:14 CST 2004


I must admit I have no idea how I'd find such a patch. Got a distro
that already uses it so I can start searching :)?

Martin


On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:31:48 +1100, Jeff Waugh <jeff.waugh at canonical.com> wrote:
> <quote who="Martin Alderson">
> 
> 
> 
> > 1) It's good for Windows converts who will be used to this behaviour.
> > 2) It's good for all users because it's a very easy shortcut to get to
> > it. When your mouse has borked up and you are desperately trying to
> > kill an offending process, the last thing you want is to have to tab
> > round all the panels to get to it.
> >
> > Any chance this could be done?
> 
> Yeah, either system monitor, or the logout dialogue. I believe other distros
> have a patch to allow for this, which would save us a bit of time. I suspect
> the patch would be found in packages of control-center. If you can find one,
> I think we'd be happy to integrate it.
> 
> - Jeff
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