Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:58:15 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade Message-ID: <49EC7167.4040402@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <20090420080030.628f7cf3@scorpio> References: <89ce7f740904182018s5ee0934ew54021bd2e44d207e@mail.gmail.com> <49EACF5B.9090107@otenet.gr> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904190748110.57294@wonkity.com> <49EB3CFD.6010408@otenet.gr> <89ce7f740904191438j222d34ddtaf1ade298a09abd1@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904191717490.59146@wonkity.com> <49EBBEED.7080903@gmail.com> <20090420035810.705647ab.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090420080030.628f7cf3@scorpio>
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Jerry wrote: > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:58:10 +0200 > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > [snip] > > >>> While CTRL+ALT+Backspace does not kill the X server, I can press >>> CTRL+ALT+F1 or ALT+F1 to return to the text mode console. I then >>> kill the X server via CTRL+C. >>> >> There's a new setting that needs to be put into xorg.conf: >> >> Section "ServerFlags" >> Option "DontZap" "false" >> EndSection >> >> Then you should be able to Ctrl+Alt+BkSpace to kill X. >> > > Maybe I am reading this incorrectly; however, in my /etc/xorg.conf file, > I have this notation. > > # Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence > # This allows clients to receive this key event. > > # Option "DontZap" > > It would seem the language is confusing. As I would understand it, > uncommenting the line disables the sequence. Therefore, it would seem > to indicate that leaving it commented out activates the sequence. Maybe > the language should be cleaned up. > > Heh, it can be quite confusing because it enables the system to *not* do something, which is the reverse of what we usually think options do. Using Option "DontZap" simply enables "DontZap" which prevents CTRL+ALT+BSKP from being used. Hence disabling DontZap allows X-Server to be... Zapped or killed by the key combination ;)
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