Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-18 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
In message 20091116180102.61682...@gmx.de, you wrote: Am Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:19:29 -0800 schrieb Ronald F. Guilmette r...@tristatelogic.com: I _did_ go and read the Handbook section that Manolis Kiagias kindly posted a link to, and I have now tried _both_ of the two ways described there to

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-16 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:18:36 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com replied: On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:21:28 +0200, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: Just the fact that I now have to edit an xml file to simply add a Greek keyboard layout is

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-16 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Jerry wrote: On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:18:36 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com replied: It's also worth remembering that open source projects like xorg give the users the rare privilege of being able to make a difference. Test code, provide hardware, document bugs

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-16 Thread Philipp Lengemann
Am Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:19:29 -0800 schrieb Ronald F. Guilmette r...@tristatelogic.com: I _did_ go and read the Handbook section that Manolis Kiagias kindly posted a link to, and I have now tried _both_ of the two ways described there to re-enable CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE functionality for the X

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-16 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Philipp Lengemann wrote: Am Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:19:29 -0800 schrieb Ronald F. Guilmette r...@tristatelogic.com: I _did_ go and read the Handbook section that Manolis Kiagias kindly posted a link to, and I have now tried _both_ of the two ways described there to re-enable

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-16 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:35:54 +0200, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: If you stick with HAL however (using AllowEmptyInput bypasses the autodetection), you can just use the policy file in the Handbook and just add the DontZap option in ServerFlags or ServerLayout section.

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-16 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:35:54 +0200, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: If you stick with HAL however (using AllowEmptyInput bypasses the autodetection), you can just use the policy file in the Handbook and just add the DontZap option in ServerFlags or ServerLayout

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-16 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Philipp Lengemann wrote: Am Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:19:29 -0800 schrieb Ronald F. Guilmette r...@tristatelogic.com: I _did_ go and read the Handbook section that Manolis Kiagias kindly posted a link to, and I have now tried _both_ of the two ways described there to re-enable

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: Many thanks to those who responded regarding my two questions. With regards to the CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE sequence and its ability (or lack thereof) to cause an immediate shutdown of the X server... well... I _did_ go and read the Handbook section that Manolis Kiagias

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:49:04 +0200, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: By the way Xorg configuration becomes more and more elusive. Initially, DontZap was enough. Then it had no effect at all and the fdi file was needed. Now seems both are needed. What's next? If this continues, I'll run

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:49:04 +0200, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: By the way Xorg configuration becomes more and more elusive. Initially, DontZap was enough. Then it had no effect at all and the fdi file was needed. Now seems both are needed. What's next?

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:21:28 +0200, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: Just the fact that I now have to edit an xml file to simply add a Greek keyboard layout is annoying enough. The fact that annoys me is that configuration seems to have disassembled into several parts that are not

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:49:04 +0200, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: By the way Xorg configuration becomes more and more elusive. Initially, DontZap was enough. Then it had no effect at all and the fdi file was needed. Now seems both are needed.

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:21:28 +0200, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: Just the fact that I now have to edit an xml file to simply add a Greek keyboard layout is annoying enough. The fact that annoys me is that configuration seems to have

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-09 Thread Tim Judd
On 11/9/09, Ronald F. Guilmette r...@tristatelogic.com wrote: I've just been installing 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 on a fresh/wiped system that I plan to use as my future main workstation. Anyway, I've already noticed a couple of things that seem to be different from prior release that I need to ask

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: I've just been installing 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 on a fresh/wiped system that I plan to use as my future main workstation. Anyway, I've already noticed a couple of things that seem to be different from prior release that I need to ask about, i.e.: 1) It appears that