Problem: Many[1] users have killed X by accident.[2] Solution idea: Make it harder to kill X by accident. E.g. you could change the key sequence users must press. * Maybe require Control+Alt+Backspace then Control-Alt-Y.[3] * Or require Control+K+X pressed simultaneously.
What do you think? Should Xorg change this key sequence? Please vote "yes" or "no". You can add comments too. If you reply only to me by private mail, I will eventually summarize your reply to the list. Regards, -Jason ^ [1]. See http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510 then scroll down to the "== Example evidence ==" section. Or see http://www.google.com/search?q=accidentally+hit+%7C+press+%7C+hitting+%7C+pressing+control+%7C+ctrl+alt+backspace+x%7Cxorg ^ [2]. I filed a bug about this last year but it's still untriaged. So now I'm asking here. It's bug 10510 (Xorg should use a more unlikely key combination than Control-Alt-Backspace as the server zap key): http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510 ^ [3]. After Control+Alt+Backspace, the PC speaker would beep once, the keyboard LEDs would blink a few times, and X would attempt to show a warning dialog. Thanks to Elisée Maurer at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510#c1 for the warning-dialog idea. _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg