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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: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:58:00
Message-Id: 87zl0vjb33.fsf@newsguy.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back by Mick
1 Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> writes:
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6 > The penultimate paragraph says that you should copy _some_ file from
7 > /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/ to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
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9 penultimate Egad... does that mean its explosive? ... : )
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14 >> [...]
15 >> 17 </match>
16 >> 18
17 >> 19 <merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">us</merge>
18 >> 20 <merge key="input.xkb.variant" type="string" />
19 >> 21 </match>
20 >> [...]
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22 [...] snipped nice example
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24 > Now, if you are only using one language, you only need line 19 in your example
25 > and insert a new line between your 19 and 20 that says: <merge
26 > key="input.xkb.options" type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
27 >
28 > (all on one line)
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30 > HTH and sorry for giving an incomplete answer at the start.
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32 Very helpful... thank you. And thanks for being so patient.
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34 I actually got it working with this last guide of yours. But now I
35 guess we are about to lose hal, so probably will be looking at some
36 newer way to maintain C+A+BKSPC...