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Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?




On Jun 9, 2013, at 11:10 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

On Du, 09 iun 13, 19:27:35, Rick Thomas wrote:

I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes
fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy.

I'd like to have <ctrl>-<alt>-<del> restart the window manager.

I've configured it to do so with "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-
configuration", but (even after a reboot) that doesn't seem to do
the job.

Don't you mean Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (not Del)? And this doesn't restart
the window manager, but it shuts down the X server.


Thanks for the clarification, Andrei!

Of course, you're right in all respects...

To be absolutely precise in what follows: The "backspace" key is part of the main alphabetic/numeric cluster. The "del" key is part of the cluster with "page-up", "home", "end" and so on.

It's a Macintosh keyboard. The "backspace" key on my keyboard is marked "delete" -- the "del" key is *also* marked "delete". Hence some of the confusion.


What I *should* have written, with that as background is:

I've got xfce desktop installed pretty-much as it comes fresh-out-of- the-box with Wheezy.

I'd like to have <ctrl>-<alt>-<backspace> restart the X server. (But failing that, I'd be happy with <ctrl>-<alt>-<del> doing that job, if that's what it takes.)

I've configured <ctrl>-<alt>-<backspace> to do so with "dpkg- reconfigure keyboard-configuration", but (even after a reboot) that doesn't seem to do the job.

Specifically, <ctrl>-<alt>-<backspace> did nothing before I did "dpkg- reconfigure keyboard-configuration", and it still does nothing now. (Same for <ctrl>-<alt>-<del>.)

So what am I missing?

Thanks!

Rick


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