[K12OSN] CTRL-ALT-Backspace

Dan Young dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us
Fri Oct 31 16:13:31 UTC 2008


Try:
X_DEVICE_OPTION_01 = "DontZap\" \"yes"

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Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
Multnomah ESD - Technology Services
503-257-1562



On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:56 AM, k12ltsp <k12ltsp at hermon.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> For years we've been having problems with students using
> CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to quit out of their Linux accounts without properly
> logging off. This has caused many accounts to become corrupted, including
> Firefox errors, etc... We've never taught the kids to use it, but when
> LTSP was first distributed across the district, some students discovered
> the key sequence and has spread the word. (We believe it's close to a
> force-kill key sequence that was used on the macs, which led to the
> discovery.)
>
> The students are told of the risks with using the command sequence, but
> most still use it because it's a quick and easy way out of linux rather
> than closing their applications and logging off the proper way.
>
> Is there a way to configure X to not force-kill on CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE, or
> possibly reassign the function to another key sequence?
>
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