Re: Possible flaw in XFree?

From: Valdis.Kletnieksat_private
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 09:48:21 PDT

  • Next message: William N. Zanatta: "Re: Possible flaw in XFree?"

    On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:06:55 -0300, "William N. Zanatta" <williamat_private>  said:
    
    
    >    5. Then, 'ctrl-alt-backspace' and voila... X is down and my console 
    > is there, opened for me.
    
    Working as designed.
    
    XFree is just following the X Consortium here - X servers have used
    control-alt-backspace as a "shutdown now" hotkey at least as far back
    as X11.1 or maybe even X10.4, 15 years ago.
    
    If this is a problem in your environment:
    
    1) dont use 'startx', but use 'gdm' or something to manage logins.
    This way, when the X server exits, you go back to the login screen.
    
    2) 'man 5 XF86Config' and read this in the 'Serverflags section':
    
          Option "DontZap"  "boolean"
                  This disallows the use  of  the  Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
                  sequence.  That sequence is normally used to termi-
                  nate the X server.  When this  option  is  enabled,
                  that  key  sequence  has  no special meaning and is
                  passed to clients.  Default: off.
    
    Hope this helps..
    
    -- 
    				Valdis Kletnieks
    				Computer Systems Senior Engineer
    				Virginia Tech
    
    
    
    



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