#3219: Control+Alt+Backspace not working in Xorg
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Reporter: jrdavis | Owner: blfs-b...@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.7
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Keywords:
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The instructions on the '''X Window System Components''' page, under
'''Configuring the X Window System''' indicate that you can test the
system and then exit with the Control+Alt+Backspace sequence. I was mildly
disconcerted when that keystroke sequence didn't work after my build,
because it has worked on previous builds.
It turns out that Control+Alt+Backspace removed from the keymap by default
in Xorg 7.5. The release notes indicate:
''The Xorg server has previously allowed users to exit the server by
pressing the keys Control + Alt + Backspace. While this function is still
enabled by default in this release, the keymap data usually used with
Xorg, from the xkeyboard-config project, has been modified to not map that
sequence by default, in order to reduce the chance that inexperienced
users will accidentally destroy their work. ''
''Users who wish to have this functionality available by default may
enable it via the XKB configuration
option “terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp”. For instance, the setxkbmap command can
be used to enable this by running:''
{{{
setxkbmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
}}}
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