F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Tom Lane tgl at redhat.com
Tue Mar 31 04:49:07 UTC 2009


Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at freenet.de> writes:
> c-a-bs to me is an "ejection seat button"
> => disabling it is not helpful

I like that analogy.  Or maybe a better one is to those fire
extinguishers you see behind little glass doors in every public
building --- you know, "In case of emergency, break glass".

X.org has decided that it would be a safety feature to install
shatterproof glass in those boxes.

			regards, tom lane




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