X11 server crashes -- a partial fix

[krishna.murphy]

Ah, I know what ctrl-alt-bksp does not work on some of the later distros ...

... it is no longer the default ... you have to tell X you want this functionality.

That sounds like a BIG clue. I wonder if there's an "intercept and do nothing" type function for ctrl-Alt-Fx in X. But why would it be so consistent for both of us, in opposite ways?

Apparently, the story goes, Ubuntu users are so crass they keep typing ctrl-alt-bksp by mistake. (How ? The whole point of it being ctrl-alt-bksp is you can't press three keys like that by mistake).

The mistake is at the source - confusion about another famous "three-finger salute", I bet.

You can do so too when taking other distros out for a spin. Edit the file /etc/default/keyboard and make sure the line that starts XKBOPTIONS includes the option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp.

But this is another one that doesn't work for me with Knoppix! I'll definitely poke around, as suggested.

Now its your turn: find out how to restore the old behaviour of ctrl+alt+del.

Did you know you can now even get X to give you "shift with numeric keypad keys works as in MS Windows" ? There soon won't be any point in using Linux as it will be just a Windows clone. Damn Ubuntu.

Cheers!
Krishna

[Forester]

Hmm - It hasn't worked for me since version 5. On multiple machines, also. With various keyboards, displays, etc.

I guess it's worth a try, but I'm still using the version I started with when I found that 5.0 wasn't the latest, i.e. 6.2.0. I did move it from my laptop to this machine...

W

Well, just try it with any Knoppix 6 CD with no persistent store. That will tell us whether it is your configuration or not. If so, then its a question of finding out what. I see people tend to alter xinitrc instead of xorg.conf. There are several files might be involved.

[utu]

@Krishna

Here's an idea for you to try. It works on my keyboard.

http://mark.koli.ch/2009/02/linux-ma...ly-broken.html