On Mon, 09 Feb 2015, Bob Proulx wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Try this: Reboot. When you get the black screen, hit CTL-ALT-BKSPC > > simultaneously. This should shutdown the X-Server and drop you to > > a terminal. If it doesn't, post back here with the details. This > > should be a root terminal. Read the output on the screen as to what > > went wrong. > > Note that X now by default disables control-alt-backspace now. This > is an Ubuntu page but it documents it.
Right. I forgot. You're using Jessie. Another "improvement." Why do these people need to "fix" things that aren't broken? "They" rationalize saying it's to prevent people from "accidentally" shutting down X (or whatever) and loosing data. I say: "You can't fix stupid!" > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XorgCtrlAltBackspace > > Meanwhile it can be enabled again. I always enable it. Along with > setting a Compose key. I will throw that in here as a freebie. That key-combo has been my lifeline. Got used to having to manually configuring X years ago when I used Fedora Core. The installer always read my video hardware wrong and configured X wrong. Useless Black screen. So, hit the ol' key-combo, drop to the boot terminal, fix it. Now, I just set up my systems to boot to a terminal: login, and run startx when I want a GUI -- usually just a window manager and a panel with menus. KISS. > setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout us -option compose:menu -option > terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp I'll add that to my Dirty Little Tricks bag. Thanks. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150209093131.728e9...@debian7.boseck208.net
