[CentOS] CentOS 7, ctrl-alt-bksp

Tue Mar 8 13:06:37 UTC 2016
mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

On 03/07/16 22:53, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 09:12:25PM -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 08:58:06PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 04:17:29PM -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>>>> Fred Smith wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 11:25:30AM -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>>>>>> I've been googling, and looking at the CentOS wiki - which, btw, when I
>>>>>> do a full search on "control-alt-backspace", gives me three pages... in
>>>>>> Japanese, I think.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I re-enable userspace restart X?
>>>>>>
>> You used to be able to do it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but not sure if it
>> still works.
>>
>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>      Option "DontZap" "false"
>> EndSection
>>
>> I see stackexchange adds
>>
>> ection "InputClass"
>>      Identifier      "Keyboard Defaults"
>>      MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
>>      Option          "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Also, at least with the more minimalist window managers (I usually use
>> either Openbox or dwm) one can also use ctl+alt+F<whatever>, get to a
>> console and do sudo pkill X.
>
> And... I just found this on worldofgnome.org:
>
> 	Using Xinitrc
>
> 	Xinitrc is read by xinit and is been executed when we (desktops) start X.
>
> 	Create a new file (if not exists):
>
> 	gedit ~/.xinitrc
>
> 	Add
>
> 	setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
>
> 	$ setxkbmap ...
> 	will set the changes on the fly.
>
> 	Restart X to apply changes. Logout/Login.
>

Thanks folks, I'll give it a try today.

	mark