Re: ctrl alt backspace does not exit X server

[Edward Martinez <edwardm1@xxxxxxxx>]

On 11/05/10 18:44, Freddie Cash wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Sdävtaker<sdavtaker@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > X.org removed that feature few versions ago, if you want to have the
> > ability to use it again need to start it with "-retro".
> Or, you can add the following to your xorg.conf:
> Section "ServerFlags"
>          Option  "DontVTSwitch"          "False"
>          Option  "DontZap"               "False"
> EndSection
>
> The first allows you to use CTRL+ALT+Function keys to switch between
> the console and X.
>
> The second allows you to use CTRL+ALT+Backspace to kill the X server.
            Hi,


             Thanks for your reply. I think I'm using a newer version 
of X because the options you and Sdavtaker described did not work for me 
or maybe i did something wrong, but, anyhow,  I was able to find this  
snippet of code in FreeBSD forums,it did the trick:  Option "XkbOptions" 
"terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp",   it needs to be added to xorg.conf, under 
the "Section InputDevice".  Now I'm able to terminate X by pressing  
ctrl_alt_backspace. I'm  enclosing it here  for anybody having the same 
problem and the other options are not working  for them:-)



                       code added to xorg.conf:



                                     Section "InputDevice"
                                     Identifier "Keyboard0"
                                     Driver "kbd"
                                     Option "XkbOptions" 
"terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"

http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=4743

 Regards
Edward