F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

[Gerry Reno]

Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 16:31 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>   
>> I was reading through the F11A Release Notes when I came across this:
>>
>>     "The key combination Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server has 
>> been disabled by default as a decision of the upstream Xorg project."
>>
>> Having to deal with many servers and workstations in a company it is 
>> crucial that Ctrl-Alt-Backspace be enabled by default.  There are times 
>> when your KVM has lost mouse control or X is in a tight loop and 
>> something like Ctrl-Alt-Backspace can save the situation.  This is much 
>> more common than the uncommon cases that are illustrated as to why this 
>> has been removed as default.
>>
>> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace needs to be restored as the "default" and Emacs users 
>> or others that find themselves in conflict with Java expressions can 
>> just disable it for their very limited purpose.
>>     
>
> aaaaaaagh, here comes the zombie thread again...run! run for your lives!
>   
Well, sorry, didn't mean to hit some nerve.  But, having 
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is critical to system admins and most users.  Only 
Emacs users have a problem with this and they are how much of the total 
distro population? (two fingers pinched).  All the virtualization tools 
rely upon Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart X and you'll find it on all 
their menues. 

Regards,
Gerry

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