Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-10 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
emikaadeo wrote: > I just enabled keyboard layout in > K>Systemsettings>Regional&Language>Keyboard Layout, and there, > in advanced tab I check: Key sequence to kill X server > (Control+Alt+Backspace). I filed a bug against xserver-xorg about the disappearance of control-alt-backspace, and the m

Re: Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-10 Thread emikaadeo
Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: (about getting ctl-alt-backspace back): >> You need >> >> Option "DontZap" "false" >> >> in the ServerFlags section of your xorg.conf (check the manpage for >> xorg.conf, I'm writing from memory). > > This worked for about a week -- but na

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-09 Thread marc
Jan Willem Stumpel said: > widux wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> for me >> right-Alt + Print + k >> does the trick! >> >> Greetings > > How on earth did you find this out? You mean you don't hit those keys accidentally all the time? -- Best, Marc "Change requires small steps." -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu,08.iun.09, 19:34:24, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > This worked for about a week -- but nannyism has crept further. In > the latest Sid, even this trick doesn't work anymore. How to get > it back, I wonder. Make sure you're using LeftAlt instead of RightAlt (this could be mapped to AltGr) an

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu,08.iun.09, 19:58:19, widux wrote: > for me > right-Alt + Print + k ^ You probably mean SysRq: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-08 Thread widux
Am Montag 08 Juni 2009 22:28:33 schrieb Rick Thomas: > On Jun 8, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > > widux wrote: > > > > Am Montag 08 Juni 2009 19:34:24 schrieb Jan Willem Stumpel: > >>> Andrei Popescu wrote: (about getting ctl-alt-backspace back): > You need > > Option

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-08 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 8, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: widux wrote: Am Montag 08 Juni 2009 19:34:24 schrieb Jan Willem Stumpel: Andrei Popescu wrote: (about getting ctl-alt-backspace back): You need Option"DontZap" "false" in the ServerFlags section of your xorg.conf (check the manpage

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-06-08 21:29 +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > widux wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> for me >> right-Alt + Print + k >> does the trick! >> >> Greetings > > How on earth did you find this out? Don't know about everyone else, but I've heard about it first from Michael Prokop when I discovered

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-08 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
widux wrote: > Hi, > > for me > right-Alt + Print + k > does the trick! > > Greetings How on earth did you find this out? Also, do you know where this is set, so I could change it? Or is it hard-coded somehow? Anyway, thanks for the information. Regards, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-08 Thread Harry Rickards
On 8 Jun 2009, at 18:58, widux wrote: Am Montag 08 Juni 2009 19:34:24 schrieb Jan Willem Stumpel: Andrei Popescu wrote: (about getting ctl-alt-backspace back): You need Option"DontZap" "false" in the ServerFlags section of your xorg.conf (check the manpage for xorg.conf, I'm writing fro

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-08 Thread widux
Am Montag 08 Juni 2009 19:34:24 schrieb Jan Willem Stumpel: > Andrei Popescu wrote: (about getting ctl-alt-backspace back): > > You need > > > > Option "DontZap" "false" > > > > in the ServerFlags section of your xorg.conf (check the manpage for > > xorg.conf, I'm writing from memory). > > Thi

Re: Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-06-08 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
Andrei Popescu wrote: (about getting ctl-alt-backspace back): > You need > > Option"DontZap" "false" > > in the ServerFlags section of your xorg.conf (check the manpage for > xorg.conf, I'm writing from memory). This worked for about a week -- but nannyism has crept further. In the late

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-31 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-05-31_14:03:06, thveillon.debian wrote: > marc wrote: > > Jan Willem Stumpel said: > > > >> IMHO disabling an old and trusted functionality is simply introducing a > >> bug, made worse by keeping silent about it (no word about it in > >> changelog.gz or NEWS.Debian.gz). > >> > >> It must s

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-31 Thread thveillon.debian
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 02:03:06PM +0100, thveillon.debian wrote: > >> Note to self : disabling "rm" > > The default of both KDE and GNOME is to use the trashcan. There's also > safe-rm. The literal 'rm -rf /' has also been disabled. > >> and "fdisk" commands, catching "s

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-31 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 02:03:06PM +0100, thveillon.debian wrote: > Note to self : disabling "rm" The default of both KDE and GNOME is to use the trashcan. There's also safe-rm. The literal 'rm -rf /' has also been disabled. > and "fdisk" commands, catching "shutdown" > and "reboot" commands to

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-31 Thread thveillon.debian
marc wrote: > Jan Willem Stumpel said: > >> IMHO disabling an old and trusted functionality is simply introducing a >> bug, made worse by keeping silent about it (no word about it in >> changelog.gz or NEWS.Debian.gz). >> >> It must surely be a tiny minority of users who press >> control-alt-backs

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-31 Thread marc
Jan Willem Stumpel said: > IMHO disabling an old and trusted functionality is simply introducing a > bug, made worse by keeping silent about it (no word about it in > changelog.gz or NEWS.Debian.gz). > > It must surely be a tiny minority of users who press > control-alt-backspace "by mistake"; I

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-31 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
IMHO disabling an old and trusted functionality is simply introducing a bug, made worse by keeping silent about it (no word about it in changelog.gz or NEWS.Debian.gz). It must surely be a tiny minority of users who press control-alt-backspace "by mistake"; I find it hard to imagine even. But for

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-31 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 04:15:12PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > from the man page: > Option "DontZap" "boolean" > This disallows the use of the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace sequence. That > sequence is normally used to terminate the Xorg server. When > this

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-30 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri May 29 2009, Andrei Popescu wrote: > You need > > Option  "DontZap" "false" > > in the ServerFlags section of your xorg.conf (check the manpage for > xorg.conf, I'm writing from memory). I have: Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontZap""off" from the man page: Option "DontZap

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-29 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 09:51:19PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri,29.May.09, 08:26:53, Joel Roth wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I've noticed that Ctrl-Alt-Backspace no longer kills X for > > me (sid). I see Ubuntu has disabled this key combination. > > What about Debian? > > It was disable

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-29 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:26, Joel Roth wrote: > Hello all, > > I've noticed that Ctrl-Alt-Backspace no longer kills X for > me (sid). I see Ubuntu has disabled this key combination. > What about Debian? > > Is it me or Xorg? And how could I re-enable this > functionality? Switch to terminal, ps

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-29 Thread Lorenzo Beretta
Joel Roth ha scritto: Hello all, I've noticed that Ctrl-Alt-Backspace no longer kills X for me (sid). I see Ubuntu has disabled this key combination. What about Debian? Is it me or Xorg? And how could I re-enable this functionality? Switch to terminal, ps ax, kill is possible, but clunky if I a

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,29.May.09, 08:26:53, Joel Roth wrote: > Hello all, > > I've noticed that Ctrl-Alt-Backspace no longer kills X for > me (sid). I see Ubuntu has disabled this key combination. > What about Debian? It was disabled upstream (in Xorg) > Is it me or Xorg? And how could I re-enable this > funct

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace disabled?

2009-05-29 Thread Muzer
Joel Roth wrote: Hello all, I've noticed that Ctrl-Alt-Backspace no longer kills X for me (sid). I see Ubuntu has disabled this key combination. What about Debian? Is it me or Xorg? And how could I re-enable this functionality? Switch to terminal, ps ax, kill is possible, but clunky if I am tes