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Raimundo

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Registered: 2013-10-21

Posts: 14

[SOLVED]Xorg: ctrl+shift+delete zaps X. Can't remove through xorg.conf

Hi everyone,

When I press ctrl+shift+delete my X session terminates. I have this in my xorg.conf

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option         "BlankTime" "0"
        Option         "StandbyTime" "0"
        Option         "SuspendTime" "0"
        Option         "OffTime" "0"
        Option         "DontZap" "true"
EndSection

and also tried to change the shortcut with

setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp

but nothing chagned. I also find it weird to be ctrl+SHIFT+delete, not ALT!

Even hints to what it could be might be helpful. Thank you for your time

Last edited by Raimundo (2014-03-18 14:33:44)

drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2009-11-09

Posts: 4,092

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Re: [SOLVED]Xorg: ctrl+shift+delete zaps X. Can't remove through xorg.conf

You talk about both the "Delete" key and the "Backspace" key, which is a little confusing to me... (Well, the whole situation sounds confusing. )

The traditional key combination of killing the X server is "Ctrl + Alt + Backspace", which is DISABLED by default, so unless you turn that on yourself somewhere those three keys should have no effect.

I don't know why "Ctrl + Shift + Delete" is doing anything. That's super strange!

What window manager are you using? What keyboard are you using?

Last edited by drcouzelis (2014-03-18 14:13:31)

Raimundo

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Registered: 2013-10-21

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED]Xorg: ctrl+shift+delete zaps X. Can't remove through xorg.conf

Holy crap, I'm an idiot! (Well, I was getting suspicious )

It was my window manager (dwm). In an attempt to facilitate the software's updates (mine's a lot different but their updates are usually useful) I redownloaded their git repo and forgot to remove that shortcut (which in my defense used to be 'some key'+q).

The backspace was an attempt to change the shortcut. Even if it remained, in backspace it wouldn't bother me.

Thank you for your post, very helpful and probably saved me hours of looking!