On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 09:05:05PM +0000, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > The "TerminateServer" keycode combination 
> > 
> >     key <BKSP> {
> >         type="CTRL+ALT",
> >         symbols[Group1]= [ BackSpace,   Terminate_Server ]
> >     };
> > 
> > is missing for nearly all keyboard symbol tables. Currently (CVS version
> > from today) it is only included for
> > 
> > czsk
> > dvorak
> > jp
> > srvr_ctrl
> > tel
> > us
> > us_group2
> > us_group3
> > vn
> > 
> > and therefore only works for these. Any plans to change this for 4.3
> > final release?
> 
> <CTL><ALT><BKSP> works for me with a gb layout.

Interesting. You're sure you are working with a current XFree86 CVS
version and the lines

   key <BKSP> {
        type="CTRL+ALT",
        symbols[Group1]= [ BackSpace,   Terminate_Server ]
     };

don't occur in your /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/gb file?

> Is something else making these keys do the right thing ?

I have no idea ...

> I'm not very experienced with it, but my impression is that the
> Linux magic-sysreq key-sequences aren't working either;
> do we need to do something in X to support them ?

Good question. I'll have a try tomorrow and give you feedback then.

Best regards,
Stefan

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