another question on "Re: problems with system-config-display and crtl-alt-backspace"

[Robert Moskowitz]

More butting in...

On 01/04/2010 10:32 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>> Kevin Fenzi wrote:
>>> 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
>>
> Kevin or anyone who has a suggestion:
>
> I tried the suggestion in the link you provided and it works ... as 
> advertised (???). If I have logged in, enabling that setting does mean 
> that crtl+alt+backspace will restart X and put me back at the login 
> screen.
>
> But it doesn't help in the one situation that I usually want to 
> restart X. I turn on a machine but the KVM is pointing to another 
> machine. When I am ready to use the machine that I have just powered 
> up, the screen size settings are wonked and I want to 
> crtl+alt+backspace to restart and get the screen size correct. In this 
> case, it doesn't work.
>
> From what I can figure out, there is some part of the boot process 
> that polls the monitor and, if it the KVM has it pointing elsewhere, 
> it makes "worst-case default assumptions" since it doesn't see the 
> monitor.

I have my KVM on my notebook at boot time, and still only get 800x600. 
So there is more wrong here than this.

>
> I am now assuming that the setting that I have made via the link's 
> suggestion works once a login has occurred and all shell stuff has 
> been resolved.
>
> Is there a way to enable the key combination to work prior to logging 
> in? I am certainly happier that I can at least login, kick it, and get 
> settings back ... but that seems "wrong" since I don't think I really 
> should be restarting X once logged in.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
>
> ps: I am also looking into all the other suggestions made in this 
> thread to see if I prefer any of the others, but figured I'd at least 
> ask about this "almost what I want" solution.
>