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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:04:41
Message-Id: 8739ysuvzj.fsf@newsguy.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back by Harry Putnam
1 Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> writes:
2
3 > Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> writes:
4 >
5 >>> Read more details here:
6 >>>
7 >>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml
8 >>
9 >> HAL is deprecated and will not be supported in X anymore, so it's not
10 >> the "new" way ;)
11 >
12 > Well, its just not the NEWEST way. But what is the newest (post hal)
13 > way? And will the xorg.conf technique work anyway?
14
15 I should have mentioned that after posting the OP, I discovered I've
16 had that stanza in xorg.conf for mnths... I forgot I had taken it from
17 a post by Florien P., but I do not get the use of Ctrl+alt+bkspk to
18 quit X.
19
20 I guess it works for you though eh, Mick?
21 ------- --------- ---=--- --------- --------
22 From xorg.conf:
23
24 Section "InputDevice"
25
26 Identifier "Keyboard1"
27 Driver "kbd"
28 # [HP 100709_111603 From post on gentoo.user
29 ## From: Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net>
30 ## Subject: Re: Fed up with Xorg + hal mess
31 ## Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:22:46 +0200
32 ## Message-ID: <4ACB7CE6.10704@f_philipp.fastmail.net>
33 ## Restablishes Ctrl-Alt-Bkspc to quit X
34 Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
35 # ]
36 Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
37 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
38 Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
39 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
40
41 EndSection

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back YoYo siska <yoyo@××××××.sk>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>