problems with system-config-display and crtl-alt-backspace

[Suvayu Ali]

On Sunday 27 December 2009 11:06 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:42:19 -0800
> Paul Allen Newell<pnewell at cs.cmu.edu>  wrote:
>
>> To all:
>>
>> Installed f12 without any problems.
>>
>> Discovered that crtl-alt-backspace was disabled in f12 and how I
>> could edit my xorg.conf to restore that feature.
>
> How did you discover this? Trying it in a gnome desktop? :)
>
>> Searched Fedora f12 web pages and they told me to install
>> system-config-display to create an xorg.conf that matched the default
>> that the opSys was using. Worked great and, to use the cliché,
>> "groovy"
>
> Don't do that. See:
>
> http://ryanler.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/controlaltbackspace-shortcut-does-not-restart-the-x-server-in-fedora-11/
>
> (with screenshots even! :)
>
> There is no need at all to make an xorg.conf, and as you have seen it
> can cause problems moving forward.
>
> kevin
>

If the OP is interested, the command line way to do this would be to 
have one of your login scripts like ~/.bash_profile say,

setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp

;)
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Suvayu

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