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#1 2008-03-16 17:13:44
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Ctrl+Alt+Backspace not working
I almost never have to restart X so it wasn't until four months into this installation that I realized it didn't work. Would that just be a permissions issue somewhere?
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#2 2008-03-16 17:27:32
- carlocci
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Re: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace not working
You could check if you have Option "DontZap" "1" in the serverflags section of your xorg.conf
man xorg.conf for more details
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#3 2008-03-16 17:58:36
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Re: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace not working
I don't have it so that's not the problem.
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#4 2008-03-16 18:25:54
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Re: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace not working
Does Ctrl+Alt+F1 work? Or opening a terminal and typing "killall xorg" (if you're using xorg for x)? I'm pretty new at the more technical side of Linux, but I think these should work. (I turned off my X once wit C-A-F1 so I know it does something!)
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#5 2008-03-16 18:33:23
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Re: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace not working
All the virtual terminals work and for me it's killall X which has to be done as root.
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#6 2008-03-16 20:05:30
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Re: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace not working
A quick check in the xfce settings said it is using ctrl alt escape, but that too doesn't work and I can't edit it.
Screenshot:
http://xs125.xs.to/xs125/08110/2008-03- … rot390.png
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#7 2008-03-18 02:03:13
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Re: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace not working
sajro: Ctrl+Alt+F1 thru F6 (vc1 thru vc6) are text consoles. Arch typically runs X on vc7, so you can guess which Ctrl+Alt+F? combo switches back to X 
Reasons: Ooh, what GTK theme is that? :sucker:
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