On 08/06/2015, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 08/06/2015, Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote: >> On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:10:23 +0800 >> Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 27/05/2015, Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> > >>> > If it's enabled, CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE will halt X and all GUI stuff, >>> > and drop you to a terminal. Once you've installed the nVidia >>> > driver, etc., just type startx. >>> > >>> > B >>> > >>> >>> I tried that,and got no response, so I assume that it is not enabled. >>> >>> How do I enable it? >> >> setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp >> >> Petter >> > > Thank you for that. > > However, whilt that apparently enabled the <CTRL><ALT><BACSPACE> >
Plurry keyboards! Whilst that combination was apparently enabled, the effect of that combination keypress was to take the computer to a different state of xwindows, and, not to disable xwindows, so the combination keypress did not have the desired effect. Maybe nVidia is simply designed to not work with Linux... -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- 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/CACX6j8N-d+jFjO=T877Jbq1vx+XwCezXtPuGfnADJWcwSC=j...@mail.gmail.com