Andreas Noteng wrote: > As a sidenote: ctrl+alt+backspace isn't supposed to work anymore. al > least not by default, se: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/DontZap > > So I just read this, after penning a response for how we might work around the bug. If the note at the very end of the page is correct, Alt-SysRq-K is the new "Ctrl-Alt-Backspace"... which I did not know, and which most end-users will not know.
So that leads me to a somewhat simpler solution that could be implemented more easily: We might have a program that checks for the existence of the users home directory. If the directory does not exist, the program would simply put up a dialog box with the message: "No user home directory; X will not function correctly. You can press Alt-SysRq-K to kill your session." It could have an "ok" button but even that's not needed, since there's really nothing else to be done other than to give the user a way to get out of the mess they've gotten themselves into. Simpler is better! -Paul -- Xorg misbehaves when user home directory is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
