On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 16:37:22 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Brian composed on 2017-10-06 20:37 (UTC+0100): > > > On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 21:19:28 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > >> for that matter, even "ctrl+alt+backspace" doesn't work to shutdown the > >> x server. :( > > > This disappeared from xorg many, many years ago. But it can be re-enabled > > in Debian. An XKBOPTIONS options is what you look for if you really want > > it. > > It only disappeared as a default. It was switched to an option. I use the same > method to enable in Debian that works in Fedora and elsewhere: > > # /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "system-keyboard" > MatchIsKeyboard "on" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > EndSection
'setxbdmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"' in ~/.xsession is less typing and more user-friendly. -- Brian.
