I can't really take these blanket statements seriously if you can't point me to specific bug reports, sorry.
Remco wrote: > Client applications, and even X.org itself, will always have bugs. > They are created by humans, and we are not perfect. In that respect, > it is normal behaviour. So C-A-B will never become obsolete. > > Things that can happen: > > * Client can grab keys but hang. In that case, you get the X Server back to normal by killing the client and you should try and fix the client. > * System can become too slow to be usable. This is way too vague to make a useful argument. > * Xorg/drivers can have a bug that locks the screen. As I said before, I doubt C-A-B will help you there. Shift+SysRq+K might, though. > All of these things will happen in the future, no matter what you do. > C-A-B will fix it in many cases. Hitting C-A-B twice is preferred over > a dialog, because you can't reasonably react to a dialog if the system > is too slow to be usable. The only acceptable solution to me is fixing the underlying problems. >From what I'm gathering here, it seems like C-A-B is actually preventing this from happening, so I'm more opposed to it than ever. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
