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Re: How do I prevent Ctrl+Alt+Q from killing my X server?



Jens Ritter <jens@weh.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

| Eric Hanchrow <erich@MICROSOFT.com> writes:
| 
| > I've installed Debian 2.0 from the official Debian 2.0 binary.  Things
| > are working well, but while using Emacs, I discovered that Ctrl+Alt+Q
| > immediately kills my X server.  This is annoying, because that key
| > sequence has meaning to Emacs.  I'd like to tell the server not to die
| > when I type that sequence, but I don't know how.  For what it's worth,
| > I've uncommented `DontZap' in /etc/X11/XF86COnfig; that prevents
| > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace from killing the server ...
| 
| Which Server/Windowmanager do you use?
| My S3 server is not killed by <ctrl+alt+Q>.

I'll have to go with Jens on this one. Doesn't happen on either of my
Debian boxes. One running a Matrox MilleniumI (XF86_SVGA) and the
other an IBM Thinkpad 755C (also running the XF86_SVGA server, I
believe). It must be specific to your server or your configuration.

Gary


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