id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
3219	Control+Alt+Backspace not working in Xorg	Jeff Davis	blfs-book@…	"The instructions on the '''X Window System Components''' page, under '''Configuring the X Window System''' indicate that you can test the system and then exit with the Control+Alt+Backspace sequence. I was mildly disconcerted when that keystroke sequence didn't work after my build, because it has worked on previous builds.

It turns out that Control+Alt+Backspace removed from the keymap by default in Xorg 7.5. The release notes indicate:

''The Xorg server has previously allowed users to exit the server by pressing the keys Control + Alt + Backspace. While this function is still enabled by default in this release, the keymap data usually used with Xorg, from the xkeyboard-config project, has been modified to not map that sequence by default, in order to reduce the chance that inexperienced users will accidentally destroy their work. ''

''Users who wish to have this functionality available by default may enable it via the XKB configuration
option “terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp”. For instance, the setxkbmap command can be used to enable this by running:''	

{{{
setxkbmap -option ""terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp""
}}}

"	defect	closed	normal		BOOK	SVN	medium	duplicate