Ctrl Altr Delete in X is bad.

[Doug Stewart]

William R. Lorenz wrote:
> On Tue, 18 May 2004, Doug Stewart wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>>In fact VMWare doesn't want you to do C-A-Delete because it can not
>>>>>fully trap it. You should do C-A-Insert, which it will send to the
>>>>>guest as C-A-Delete. Or you can use the menu option of course (if not
> 
> 
> I know VMware 4.5.x does in fact let you send a CTRL+ALT+DEL just fine,
> whether or not in full-screen mode, as long as it has the input. :)
> 
> 
>>Slightly O/T, but on the subject of Ctl+Alt+Del: How do I send C+A+D to
>>a vncviewer session?  I've never been able to figure this one out, and
>>Googling has plenty of hits for the Windows version, but nothing for the
> 
> 
> Pressing ALT+F8 will raise a window where you can send that to the remote.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
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Maybe I'm just wicked retahded, but when I vnc in to another machine, I 
can bash away at F8 and Alt+F8 all bloody day and nothing pops up.

I'm running GNOME+Nautilus+Metacity as a desktop environment, if that 
makes any difference....

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Doug Stewart
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