From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 7 18:30:28 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 898CD106566B for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 18:30:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from faust64@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.152]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA4798FC1D for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2009 18:30:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from faust64@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so894012fge.12 for ; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:30:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=TeAWYEIt+5XBd/fm44f+HwNr2ChyR70LT4B081MWu64=; b=RwqZrAA8POteHsrlQYnA1PRxmD+mBHW93fV3OFQAvnqlPe0+caXWljfycro0IXOKP5 Crp/Ze4pY4eW/YfCWjLIHuJkdcV2S2SIN/GU2WZqVGhUJW22fO+HdRRtq18eG47ONQBT kppVqDDt8KWyNN5iY8+00RPlDlMdmJnFyhbeg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=eHkK7N0/hHrUpKtkf6zIz+95ohIhWgsFrwWVpoD4EZ7BkMm1rWSvZRZv7BvVF1+gId SpNTJNP9t/eR4YB5OeyJP8Y5Sz7UJUmYBAO/+4y5SFyxgY3TfUrjJGLnatErrKZNmqRA VBaJ/s+iVChBiGdlbSfhcJzDOqhJMvRsWCMuU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.86.59.18 with SMTP id h18mr6204037fga.71.1244397558069; Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:59:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4A2A1A30.30000@otenet.gr> <4A2BEA9F.2040009@otenet.gr> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Samuel_Mart=EDn_Moro?= Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:58:58 +0200 Message-ID: To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Manolis Kiagias , 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 18:30:28 -0000 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 CamTrace {EPITECH.} tek3 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: >> >> >> >> >> >> kbd >> pc105 >> us >> xorg >> > type=3D"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" >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > 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" >