Ctrl - Alt _Backspace

[Angel Tsankov]

Angel Tsankov wrote:
> Peter Hutterer wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:01:33AM -0700, olcarman at cableone.net
>> wrote:
>>> I would like to enable the Ctrl -Alt - Backspace keystroke combo to
>>> kill the X server.
>>> After reading the man page I've come away a bit confused (as usual)
>>> and when I un-hash the "Don't Zap" server flag the server won't
>>> start.
>>> Can someone clear this up for me?
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> depends. server 1.6 with xkeyboard-config 1.5, the option should
>> enable it. if you're using git master and xkeyboard-config 1.6, the
>> trick is to set the xkb option (the xorg.conf entry is not needed).
>>
>> Either run 'setxkbmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"' or tick the
>> matching box in your desktop environment's documentation.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've installed xorg-server 1.6.1 and xkeyboard-config 1.6.  In a
> virtual console, 'setxkbmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"' prints
> 'Cannot open display "default display"'.  I'd like to be able to kill
> the X server when I run it with smth like "X" or "X -config
> /root/xorg.conf.new".  Is this possible and, if so, how?
>
I added  'Option "DontZap" "false"' to the ServerFlags section and 'Option 
"XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"' to the InputDevice section for 
keyboard and now it seems to work as I'd like it to.