Override SHIFT + Backspace

[Colin Guthrie]

Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:29:20 +1000 Daniel Kasak <dkasak at nusconsulting.com.au>
> babbled:
> 
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I've killed my X session probably 10 times today by accidentally hitting
>> SHIFT + Backspace. I've been typing lots of stuff in capitals, and for
>> some reason I can't bring myself to let go of the shift key before
>> hitting backspace if I make a mistake. I've been swearing loudly
>> afterwards, but alas this doesn't bring my work back :) Is there some
>> way to override this key combo?
> 
> ummm the key combo to kill x is ctrl+alt+backspace... 

If you are using Xgl, the Shift+Backspace death is a common problem.

I've found a simple:

xmodmap -e "keycode  22 = BackSpace"

stops this from happening for me.

Col