F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Matthew Saltzman mjs at clemson.edu
Tue Mar 31 17:10:40 UTC 2009


On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 17:34 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > No matter how fast or sloppy my typing, nor what editor I use, I'm very
> > unlikely to accidentally reach under the desk and hit the (recessed)
> > reset button while sitting at the keyboard, working.
> 
> I actually accidentally triggered the reset button on the case at least
> once.

OK (I'm trying to picture it, and I keep seeing Rose Mary Woods
demonstrating how she "accidentally" created the infamous 18-minute gap
in the Watergate tapes), but it's still "unlikely" if you are typing,
much more so than any Ctrl-Alt-<whatever> key combo.

> 
>         Kevin Kofler
> 
> 
-- 
                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




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