Anoying new X behavior

[Ray Leventhal]

stan wrote:
> I have noticed tat the control alt backspace key sequence no longer kills X,
> in newer versions of Ubuntu. How can I recover this functionality?
> 
> Also, when logged in to a virtual terminal session, when you exit it the
> machine jumps back to the X session, rather than simply presenting you with
> a login prompt on the virtual terminal you had explicitly switched too. Can
> I fix this "bug" somehow?
> 
This has been discussed ad-nauseum. See the following:

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/xorg-ctrl-alt-backspace

which describes the decision made to eliminate this functionality by default

This post from the ubuntu forums summarizes how to re-enable this 
functionality

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$ gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add the following to the end of the file:
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "off"
EndSection

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All this was found by googling 'cntrl-alt-backspace functionality ubuntu'

HTH,
-Ray