From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 7 17:48:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF869106566B for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 17:48:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAB28FC18 for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 17:48:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n57HmRor099905; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:48:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n57HmOnn099902; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:48:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:48:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Manolis Kiagias In-Reply-To: <4A2BEA9F.2040009@otenet.gr> Message-ID: References: <4A2A1A30.30000@otenet.gr> <4A2BEA9F.2040009@otenet.gr> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Luke Dean Subject: Re: Shutting down X with control+alt+backspace X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:48:35 -0000 can older Xorg server be used with just updated drivers? drivers are separate modules. On Sun, 7 Jun 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> Luke Dean wrote: >> >>> This is an answer to a question I started to post, but then decided to >>> research instead. I know many readers of this list use the feature I'm >>> describing. >>> >>> When Xorg was upgraded to version 7.4, the historic ability to shut >>> down X >>> with Control+Alt+Backspace became a non-default option. The solution to >>> re-enabling this behavior was to add >>> Option "DontZap" "off" >>> to the ServerLayout or ServerFlags section of xorg.conf as documented in >>> a note in the Handbook >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html >>> >>> A few days ago, x11/xkeyboard-config was upgraded to 1.6 and the solution >>> in the Handbook is no longer sufficient. >>> >>> The new solution that gets Control+Alt+Backspace working for me >>> again is to add >>> Option "XKbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" >>> to the "InputDevice" section of xorg.conf. >>> >>> >> >> Thanks for mentioning this. I have not yet upgraded to the new version >> of xkeyboard-config, but will try this and update the Handbook accordingly. >> >> > > This gets even more complicated - the setting in xorg.conf will only be > effective when "AutoAddDevices" is false (or "AllowEmptyInput" is > false). On systems that totally rely on HAL for device detection, the > setting has to be moved to an XML file like this: > > > > > > kbd > pc105 > us > xorg > type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp > > > > > which should be named i.e. keyboard.fdi and placed in > /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy > > In light of the above, I feel we probably need to add a section on > "Configuring Additional Options Using HAL" to the Handbook. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >