From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 19:56:03 2011 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 29C991065676 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:56:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0DE68FC14 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:56:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-104-16.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.104.16]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 121D93DB1D; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:56:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id pA8Ju0TV002121; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:56:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:56:00 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Warren Block Message-Id: <20111108205600.7a8e0205.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <4EB88225.9020702@bredband.net> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X server and xinit works excellent....almost. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:56:03 -0000 On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:14:48 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Samuel Magnusson wrote: > > > 1. I can?t zap the server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Nothing at all happens. I > > have checked that it isn't disabled in xorg.conf, and even tried to put in > > the reverse boolean value there. Not that I couldn't live without zapping, > > but...when I know about it that it should be there and it is taken fom me I > > feel an URGE to get the zap! > > Zapping is still allowed by default, but a key combination is not > assigned. That can be done in .xinitrc or .xsession: > > setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp > > It can also be done in xorg.conf: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > EndSection There is a 3rd option, especially "useful" when X is run with DBUS and HAL (the default configuration, as well as the package configuration), and it involves fun with XML. :-) File /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp And according to the handbook, this does _not_ remove the need for a X configuration file (usually /etc/X11/xorg.conf) including ``Option "DontZap" "off"'' in the "ServerFlags" section. So, as you're already dealing with xorg.conf, use Warren's suggestion, as it works independently of all the "new" things required by X, and also conforms to the concept of concentrating X's configuration in one configuration file (rather than scattering settings across the file system). > vesa is very limited, only supporting standard modes up to 1024x768 or > 1280x1024. Some vendors add other modes, but they aren't common. > nouveau is an open driver for the very closed Nvidia hardware. The > closed Nvidia drivers (x11/nvidia-driver*) are supposed to work quite > well. I'm using nvidia-driver here which works better than nouveau and nv (the one that comes with X.org); I haven't tested VESA as in most cases, it's _not_ what one wants. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...