problems with system-config-display and crtl-alt-backspace
Kevin Fenzi
kevin at scrye.com
Sun Dec 27 19:06:52 UTC 2009
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:42:19 -0800
Paul Allen Newell <pnewell at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
> To all:
>
> Installed f12 without any problems.
>
> Discovered that crtl-alt-backspace was disabled in f12 and how I
> could edit my xorg.conf to restore that feature.
How did you discover this? Trying it in a gnome desktop? :)
> Searched Fedora f12 web pages and they told me to install
> system-config-display to create an xorg.conf that matched the default
> that the opSys was using. Worked great and, to use the cliché,
> "groovy"
Don't do that. See:
http://ryanler.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/controlaltbackspace-shortcut-does-not-restart-the-x-server-in-fedora-11/
(with screenshots even! :)
There is no need at all to make an xorg.conf, and as you have seen it
can cause problems moving forward.
kevin
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