Restarting Xserver from cli

[Dotan Cohen]

> If this happened to me, then I would get worked up about *these bugs*,
> not about a horrible kludge being removed *by default*. WTF are you
> doing that hoses X once a week?
>

Unstable proprietary drivers is a known cause, and so are Google
Earth, Compiz, and Stellarium.

>> Yes, it is indicative of bugs in the software that must be fixed, but
>> why take away the workaround?
>
> It was not taken away. It takes a simple command to enable it when you
> need it (and I read somewhere that there will be a menu option, too).
> Users that don't know about the dontzap command (or future menu option)
> are the same users who don't know about Ctrl+Alt+Bsp in the first place,
> so where's the hurt?
>

Because those users call _me_ on the phone when this happens. Or they post here.

> BTW, I fully agree that Ubuntu should have a way to restart X on demand,
> even when X is hosed. But this should not be a key combo that can kill
> the whole session by accident of a simple finger slip without asking
> questions. It's one thing Windows got right. There, Ctl+Alt+Del is
> intercepted by *the kernel*. This takes care of preventing false login
> prompts as well as giving the user an option to back out.
>

I agree to this with a point. Windows did good with C-A-D. But I
disagree that a finger slip will get you C-A-anything. What is the
poor noob to do when he accidentally hits C-A-F1?

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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