[gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com writes: [...] The penultimate paragraph says that you should copy _some_ file from /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/ to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ penultimate Egad... does that mean its explosive? ... : ) [...] [...] 17 /match 18 19 merge

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-21 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 21 April 2010 01:44:15 Harry Putnam wrote: Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com writes: I think you did not read the link properly. You are meant to copy the relevant .fdi file from /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi and then

[gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com writes: The 'new' way of setting it up without a xorg.conf file is to set it up in your /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi like so: merge key=input.xkb.options type=stringterminate:ctrl_alt_bksp/merge Read more details here:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-20 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 20 April 2010 16:30:18 Harry Putnam wrote: Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com writes: The 'new' way of setting it up without a xorg.conf file is to set it up in your /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi like so: merge key=input.xkb.options type=stringterminate:ctrl_alt_bksp/merge

[gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com writes: I think you did not read the link properly. You are meant to copy the relevant .fdi file from /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi and then modify the last paragraph: Yes, I did misread apparently...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-19 Thread YoYo siska
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 07:28:00PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de writes: Read more details here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml HAL is deprecated and will not be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de writes: Read more details here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml HAL is deprecated and will not be supported in X anymore, so it's not the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
On Monday 19 April 2010 01:28:00 Harry Putnam wrote: I should have mentioned that after posting the OP, I discovered I've had that stanza in xorg.conf for mnths... I forgot I had taken it from a post by Florien P., but I do not get the use of Ctrl+alt+bkspk to quit X. I guess it works for

[gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 04/19/2010 12:07 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: I've seen on this group some time back a few ways, or at least more than 1 as I recall to retain the ability to leave X with Ctrl+Alt_+BKSPC. I'm not finding it now readily. Can someone tell me where that setting may be made. If it has something to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-18 Thread Mick
On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:15:34 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 04/19/2010 12:07 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: I've seen on this group some time back a few ways, or at least more than 1 as I recall to retain the ability to leave X with Ctrl+Alt_+BKSPC. I'm not finding it now readily. Can

[gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 04/19/2010 12:47 AM, Mick wrote: On Sunday 18 April 2010 22:15:34 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 04/19/2010 12:07 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: I've seen on this group some time back a few ways, or at least more than 1 as I recall to retain the ability to leave X with Ctrl+Alt_+BKSPC. I'm not

[gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de writes: Read more details here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml HAL is deprecated and will not be supported in X anymore, so it's not the new way ;) Well, its just not the NEWEST way. But what is the newest

[gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

2010-04-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de writes: Read more details here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml HAL is deprecated and will not be supported in X anymore, so it's not the new way ;) Well, its just