On 08/11/2011 11:19 AM, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Ray Van Dolson<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 06:00:15PM +1000, William Scott wrote:
>>>> On 11 August 2011 12:55, Ray Van Dolson<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Try adding
>>>>>
>>>>>   Option "DontZap" "false"
>>>>>
>>>>> To the ServerFlags section in xorg.conf.
>>>>
>>>> Is there even a xorg.conf out of the box now?
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, but it can still be created.  This process may work, though I
>>> haven't tested it:
>>>
>>>   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_xorg.conf
>>
>> It's deprecated, and should be. Like manually editing your web
>> configuraiton in a single httpd.conf file, it precludes modular
>> updates of individual components and nails your configuration to a
>> static, awkward to edit, potentially very fragile configuration file.
>>
>> I went through precisely this with a Debian client in the recent past
>> who has not, so far as I could tell, bought into my setting up an
>> /etc/X11/ xinit.d/ tool for them that flexibly and legibly configured
>> dual monitors in a way that could be published to multiple servers
>> without interfering with their other X settings. But that's life....
>
> "setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" in "~/.profile"
>
in Gnome:
  System ==> Preferences ==> Keyboard
  Select the Layouts tab
  then the 'Layout options...' button (on lower right)
  there is an option called 'Key sequence to kill X-server'