[ale] keystrokes to kill current X session ....

[Jeff Lightner]

Actually the man page for Xorg (not xorg.conf) says in part:

"The special  combinations  of  key presses recognized directly by Xorg
are:
       Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
          Immediately kills the server -- no questions asked.   This
can
          be disabled with the DontZap xorg.conf(5x) file option.

This is from my CentOS5 so would be true for RHEL5 as well.  

So I guess it depends on how "current" Xorg is based on comments below.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of WAM
III
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:40 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] keystrokes to kill current X session ....

Ed Cashin wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:19 PM, WAM III<lws at hiwaay.net> wrote:
>   
>> Jim Kinney wrote:
>>     
>>> ctl-alt-backspace
>>>
>>> But that only works if the xorg.conf explicitly allows it now. It
has
>>> been removed from current xorg defaults.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:45 PM, WAM III<lws at hiwaay.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> .... are .... what, again :-) ? (quicker than rebooting after
failed logins)
>>>>         
>
> Hi.  Look for DontZap in the xorg.conf manpage.
>
>   


Thanks, the manpage says it (DontZap) is defaulted off, so I guess it 
(ctrl-alt-backspace) should work, I'll try it next time I need it 
(probably soon) ....

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