ctrl+alt+backspace stopped working with xorg-server 1.6.1.901

[Stanislav Sedov]

On Sun, 31 May 2009 04:41:35 -0700 (PDT)
Audio Phile <da_audiophile at yahoo.com> mentioned:

> 
> FINALLY!  It's fixed.  See the xorg page on the Arch wiki for details.
> 
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Ctrl-Alt-Backspace_doesn.27t_exit_X
> 
> Basically, the solution came from adding the following line to /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi
> 
> <merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
> 
> After a restart of hal, it worked.
> 
> Thanks to all who replied!
> 

You can also use the DontZap option in the Server Section of xorg.conf
like this:
  Option "DontZap"  "off"

For whatever reason Xorg changed the default to DontZap beeing true.

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Stanislav Sedov
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