Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:10:52 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Philipp Lengemann <freebsdmail@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Subject: Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911161503130.92552@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20091116180102.61682ee8@gmx.de> References: <42052.1258327169@tristatelogic.com> <20091116180102.61682ee8@gmx.de>
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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Philipp Lengemann wrote:
> Am Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:19:29 -0800
> schrieb "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>:
>
>> I _did_ go and read the Handbook section that Manolis Kiagias
>> kindly posted a link to, and I have now tried _both_ of the two
>> ways described there to re-enable CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE functionality
>> for the X server, and sadly I must report that for me, at least
>> _neither_ of those methods worked
>
> Put the following to your xorg.conf:
>
> <snip>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "DontZap" "off"
> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
> Option "AutoAddDevices" "off"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
> EndSection
> </snip>
>
> This works for me very reliable (xorg-7.4_2).
That InputDevice entry is interesting. It has to be added to a Keyboard
section, not standalone as shown (unless I missed something).
(If it was standalone, it would nicely eliminate the need for the
setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp entry in my .xinitrc.)
For those who want to do that with hal, for all keyboards, here's a
patch for /usr/local/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi:
--- 10-x11-input.fdi.orig 2009-11-16 14:47:01.000000000 -0700
+++ 10-x11-input.fdi 2009-11-16 14:54:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
string="Linux">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
</match>
+ <merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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