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strigyskow

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Registered: 2009-04-20

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Something on my Gnome-Settings prevents Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Hi
It is quite strange - I have Dontzap disabled in my xorg.conf, I told hal to zap X properly and added setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp to my .xinitrc.
But when I log into a Gnome session I won't have a chance to use this key combination. The weird thing about this is that it only happens when I am logged in with my username and use Gnome. Using another user with Gnome or starting another wm with my username works perfectly.

slightly confused
         strigyskow

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

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Re: Something on my Gnome-Settings prevents Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Try pytting the setxkbmap command in .bashrc and try again (and do a reboot).

graysky

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Re: Something on my Gnome-Settings prevents Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

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strigyskow

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Registered: 2009-04-20

Posts: 6

Re: Something on my Gnome-Settings prevents Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Well, it worked when I put the xkb-command into the autostart apps.
It doesn't really solve the problem but it works for me.

Thanks

Last edited by strigyskow (2009-07-21 13:18:40)

Andy Mack

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Registered: 2008-06-16

Posts: 133

Re: Something on my Gnome-Settings prevents Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

I still cant get mine to work! This is ridiculous, something that should be simple is made almost impossible by the folks at xorg, wonderful. I'm struggling to see their point of view by removing functionality and then doing it again.

I have tried all 3 suggestions on the wiki and the one above with .bashrc but still nothing.

I'm using openbox with gdm.

Nepherte

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From: Singapore

Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 427

Re: Something on my Gnome-Settings prevents Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

I can confirm there is something in gnome preventing from restarting x with ctrl-alt-backspace. I have both don't zap set in xorg.conf as adjusted my fdi keyboard file. I know that the configuration works because i can use ctrl-alt-backspace in the gdm login screen and xmonad, but in gnome. Executing setxkbmap after gnome has been started (more or less) solves the problem.

strigyskow

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Registered: 2009-04-20

Posts: 6

Re: Something on my Gnome-Settings prevents Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Ha! There is a way to tell gnome to zap correctly.

Run gnome-keyboard-properties, go to the layout-tab, then click on the button above the test line (sorry, I don't know the english text on this button...).
Then you choose ctrl-alt-bksp to zap the X-Server.

I think this topic can be marked as solved now.

graysky

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Re: Something on my Gnome-Settings prevents Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … 27t_exit_X

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