On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:51:19 +0100
Sebastian Benoit <benoit-li...@fb12.de> wrote:

> Brett(brett.ma...@gmx.com) on 2012.03.24 09:59:19 +1100:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just locked my screen with xlock, and pressed ctrl+alt+backspace. This 
> > shut down the x server and brought me to a command prompt. I have never 
> > seen this happen before...but maybe I just never tried this key combination 
> > before now. Should this happen? I'm running amd64-current compiled March 20.
> 
> its normal behaviour. from xorg.conf(5):
> 
>  Option "DontZap"  "boolean"
>     This disallows the use of the Terminate_Server XKB action
>     (usually on Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, depending on XKB options). 
>     This action is normally used to terminate the Xorg server. When
>     this option is enabled, the action has no effect.  Default: off.
> 
> /Benno

Fixed, thanks! Don't know how I never noticed this before. Would it make sense 
for this to be the "secure by default" default? Or is going back to having 
xorg.conf files generated automatically too much pain?

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