F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Casey Dahlin cdahlin at redhat.com
Mon Mar 30 17:36:55 UTC 2009


Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Callum Lerwick wrote:
>> 3) The average person has ten fingers, ten toes and a nose.
> 
> I really don't want to have to use my toes or nose to press your key
> combo. ;-) Sure, a combo which is impossible to press with the hands only
> would protect effectively against accidental pressing, but it'd also make
> it a PITA to press the combo when actually needed.
> 
>         Kevin Kofler
> 

None of this protects cat owners either. Bubbles can still crash the X server simply by choosing an inappropriate place for her afternoon nap.

--CJD




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