CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE stops machine?
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Thu Jun 10 18:17:15 UTC 2004
Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> --- Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> escribió:
>
>>Ken Scott wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Why does CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE stop my RH9 machine
>>
>>(kills power just as if
>>
>>>one pulled the plug) instead of just restarting
>>
>>stopping X-windows?
>
>
> Look at this line of /etc/inittab:
>
> # Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
> ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
>
> You can avoid with a comment:
>
> #ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
Read carefully. He's saying CTRL-ALT-_BACKSPACE_ is killing his
machine. It should restart X. CTRL-ALT-_DELETE_ is the shutdown.
His problem is most likely a remap of the keyboard, swapping BS and DEL.
>>It shouldn't, unless you have BACKSPACE and DELETE
>>remapped in your
>>keymap (possible).
>>
>
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