Re: I screwed up gdm3, can't recover
On Mon, 09 Feb 2015, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > Try this: Reboot. When you get the black screen, hit CTL-ALT-BKSPC
> > simultaneously. This should shutdown the X-Server and drop you to
> > a terminal. If it doesn't, post back here with the details. This
> > should be a root terminal. Read the output on the screen as to what
> > went wrong.
>
> Note that X now by default disables control-alt-backspace now. This
> is an Ubuntu page but it documents it.
Right. I forgot. You're using Jessie. Another "improvement."
Why do these people need to "fix" things that aren't broken?
"They" rationalize saying it's to prevent people from "accidentally"
shutting down X (or whatever) and loosing data. I say: "You can't fix
stupid!"
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XorgCtrlAltBackspace
>
> Meanwhile it can be enabled again. I always enable it. Along with
> setting a Compose key. I will throw that in here as a freebie.
That key-combo has been my lifeline. Got used to having to manually
configuring X years ago when I used Fedora Core. The installer always
read my video hardware wrong and configured X wrong. Useless Black
screen. So, hit the ol' key-combo, drop to the boot terminal, fix it.
Now, I just set up my systems to boot to a terminal: login, and run
startx when I want a GUI -- usually just a window manager and a panel
with menus. KISS.
> setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout us -option compose:menu -option
> terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
I'll add that to my Dirty Little Tricks bag. Thanks.
B
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