[ubuntu-x] CTRL+ALT+Backspace in Jaunty

shirish shirishag75 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 18 04:24:54 GMT 2009


Addition in-line :-

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 09:34, shirish <shirishag75 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>     There has been quite some discussion on CTRL+ALT+Backspace combo
> which restarts the xserver . The option which is now turned off (I
> believe) in Jaunty.
>
> There has been a thread about the same.
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1040988
>
> where an overwhelming 85.26% respondents/pollsters have asked for the
> above combo not to be turned off by default.
>
> A small percentage of 14.74% i.e. 37 posts are those who agree with
> the decision.
> Of course these are typically alpha testers so the poll results are
> skewed perhaps.


Actually not it seems, for this thread came onto its own from alpha 3
onwards so many brave souls who are not habitual alpha testers but may
have taken the chance to learn something about GNU/Linux are also
there.

> The wiki  page though which talks of the Don't Zap
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DontZap
>
> has question mark on some of the terms used (as if they are supposed
> to turn into links)

Couple of people so far have said the option doesn't work.
I would be testing the same soon and will report back.

> Last but not the least,
>
> Is this ok ?
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
>        Driver          "Intel"
>        Option          "NoAccel""true"
>        Option          "ModeDebug""true"
>        Option          "FallbackDebug""true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier      "Default Screen"
>        Monitor         "Configured Monitor"
>        Device          "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>        Option          "DontZap" "no"
> EndSection
>
> I am just worried about the placement of the last Section.

Response on the same would be nice.

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