On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:52:21 +0000 habtool <[email protected]> wrote: >On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 17:42 -0600, Nergar -blank- wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 09:59, Clive Wagenaar >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> (It is a pity this is from upstream where Arch, fedora etc >> will all also >> 'dumbed down' too) >> >> >> Is this true? If it is, then C-A-B should be left disabled. >> >> -- >> hacker != cracker > >It is already affecting fedora, came across this 'new feature' when >trying out F11 Alpha a few days back to test BTRFS.. > >Quote: >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Alpha_release_notes#X_Server > >X Server >The key combination Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server has been >disabled by default. To get this behaviour back, add the the line > >Option "DontZap" "false" > >to the ServerFlags section in xorg.conf. > >end quote > The decision was made at UDS to follow upstream in this change. We now have a package called dontzap that will allow you to set this back without hand editing xorg.conf.
In Kubuntu there is also a menu option to change this without resorting to command line. I don't particularly care for the deicision that was made, but it's been made, so there's little point rehashing it now. Scott K -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
