> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:30:38 +0000 > From: Andrew Sayers <andrew-ubuntu-de...@pileofstuff.org> > Subject: Re: Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good > idea? - no. > To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <49954bce.80...@pileofstuff.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Make tty1 run a simple ncurses application similar to friendly-recovery, > which would give you a set of options like "restart your computer", "log > out", and "go back to your graphical session". Then people can do > c-a-f1 instead of c-a-b to get 99% of the value without the risk. > Ubuntu users that really want a shell wouldn't be that inconvenienced, > as they can still use c-a-f1 to c-a-f6. >
I think this is a good idea. My use case for C-A-B is when full-screen games hang. Windows users are used to C-A-D when something bad happens and C-A-B is a natural response. Your proposal would be better but I have a suggestion. Switching to a VT and killing a hung application is not easy. A full-screen process control with a kill function (easier than top) would be a lot better than just killing X. The only remaining issue would be resetting desktop resolution and the mouse pointer which often is disabled when a full-screen application is killed. My solution for the latter is to run a full-screen application and exit normally which usually corrects the problem. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
