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Date:      Sat, 19 May 2012 17:28:48 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        freebsd@dreamchaser.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATI Radeon HD5500 driver question
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205191726540.32745@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120519210008.f1721985.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <4FB730B7.60009@dreamchaser.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205190753560.30455@wonkity.com> <4FB7DF67.1000603@dreamchaser.org> <20120519210008.f1721985.freebsd@edvax.de>

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On Sat, 19 May 2012, Polytropon wrote:

>> 3.  The Xorg man page notes that <ctrl><alt><bksp> should cause it to
>> exit.  However, it doesn't, and I had to use kill -TERM.  Any hints on
>> why <ctrl><alt><bksp> doesn't cause it to exit?
>
> This is also a new default to _not_ work anymore. You have more
> than two (if I remember correctly) options in making it work.
> You'll find them in the Handbook:
>
> 	http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html
>
> One possibility when X has been compiled _without_ HAL support
> (and no hald running), placing
>
> 	Option "DontZap" "false"
>
> into the "ServerLayout" section should work. Additionally, I see
> that I have
>
> 	Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
>
> in the "InputDevice" section of "Keyboard0". It "just" works. :-)

This should work whether or not HAL is installed or running.



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