Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:58:58 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Samuel_Mart=EDn_Moro?= <faust64@gmail.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Luke Dean <LukeD@pobox.com> Subject: Re: Shutting down X with control+alt+backspace Message-ID: <ce5f79aa0906071058p306ad83etbe0e25ad365bbaab@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906071948060.99901@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906052240310.52250@border.lukas.is-a-geek.org> <4A2A1A30.30000@otenet.gr> <4A2BEA9F.2040009@otenet.gr> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906071948060.99901@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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it may, dealing with portupgrade/portdowngrade
but setting AllowEmptyInput (ServerLayout) works.
hal is'nt well documented...
it'ld be a good idea to explain its configuration in the handbook
Samuel Mart=EDn Moro
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On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Wojciech Puchar <
wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
> 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.htm=
l
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>
>> <?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"UTF-8"?>
>> <deviceinfo version=3D"0.2">
>> <device>
>> <match key=3D"info.capabilities" contains=3D"input.keyboard">
>> <merge key=3D"input.x11_driver" type=3D"string">kbd</merge>
>> <merge key=3D"input.xkb.Model" type=3D"string">pc105</merge>
>> <merge key=3D"input.xkb.Layout" type=3D"string">us</merge>
>> <merge key=3D"input.xkb.Rules" type=3D"string">xorg</merge>
>> <merge key=3D"input.xkb.Options"
>> type=3D"string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
>> </match>
>> </device>
>> </deviceinfo>
>>
>> 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.
>>
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