<div dir="ltr">I think that the key combination should remain the same.<br><br>However there could be some workaround for accidental X Server zapping, like needing to press the combo twice or more, or bringing up a dialog box to confirm that the user wants to close the X Server, or maybe even both .... i.e. by default a dialog box is brought up, but if the user presses the combo again the server should be zapped. That way, if the system is so crashed that the user cannot even see the dialog box, he can still zap the server if he needs to.<br>
<br>Cheers<br>Alan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Jason Spiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jasonspiro4@gmail.com">jasonspiro4@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Problem: Many[1] users have killed X by accident.[2]<br>
<br>
Solution idea: Make it harder to kill X by accident. E.g. you could<br>
change the key sequence users must press.<br>
* Maybe require Control+Alt+Backspace then Control-Alt-Y.[3]<br>
* Or require Control+K+X pressed simultaneously.<br>
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What do you think? Should Xorg change this key sequence? Please vote<br>
"yes" or "no". You can add comments too. If you reply only to me by<br>
private mail, I will eventually summarize your reply to the list.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
-Jason<br>
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^ [1]. See <a href="http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510" target="_blank">http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510</a> then<br>
scroll down to the "== Example evidence ==" section. Or see<br>
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=accidentally+hit+%7C+press+%7C+hitting+%7C+pressing+control+%7C+ctrl+alt+backspace+x%7Cxorg" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/search?q=accidentally+hit+%7C+press+%7C+hitting+%7C+pressing+control+%7C+ctrl+alt+backspace+x%7Cxorg</a><br>
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^ [2]. I filed a bug about this last year but it's still untriaged.<br>
So now I'm asking here. It's bug 10510 (Xorg should use a more<br>
unlikely key combination than Control-Alt-Backspace as the server zap<br>
key): <a href="http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510" target="_blank">http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510</a><br>
<br>
^ [3]. After Control+Alt+Backspace, the PC speaker would beep once,<br>
the keyboard LEDs would blink a few times, and X<br>
would attempt to show a warning dialog. Thanks to Elisée Maurer at<br>
<a href="http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510#c1" target="_blank">http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10510#c1</a> for the<br>
warning-dialog idea.<br>
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