F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
Gerry Reno
greno at verizon.net
Fri Mar 27 21:58:40 UTC 2009
Adam Miller wrote:
>> Also, won't Ctrl+Alt+<Fn> still work to get you to a vt where you can at your choice kill X manually, or try to debug the problem further?
>>
>
> Yes, yes it will. Solid observation :)
>
> -Adam
>
NO! If the X server is in a tight loop sometimes you cannot even get a
login prompt at a terminal. The ONLY thing that works is
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. And sometimes you have to issue it a few times and
wait but generally it will kill the X server even when you cannot get
logged in from a terminal.
Regards,
Gerry
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