On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 06:29:26AM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> Sometimes, an X client will screw up various things on the server, like grabbing the
> mouse without releasing it, changing the video mode and not changing it back, and so
> forth. While it would be useful for the server to clean up after such a client if it
> disconnects, it would be useful in any case to have another magic button (along the
> lines of ctrl-alt-backspace) to forcibly restore sanity. In particular, it should:
>
> * Release the mouse cursor if it was grabbed.
> * Restore the mouse cursor bitmap/whatever to the standard arrow cursor.
> * Release the keyboard.
> * Restore the video mode to what it was when the server was started.
SERVERFLAGS SECTION
[...]
Option "AllowDeactivateGrabs" "boolean"
This option enables the use of the Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Divide key sequence to deactivate any active keyboard and mouse grabs. Default:
off.
Option "AllowClosedownGrabs" "boolean"
This option enables the use of the Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply key sequence to kill clients with an active keyboard or mouse grab as well
as killing any application that may have locked the server, normally using the XGrabServer(3x) Xlib function. Default: off.
Note that the options AllowDeactivateGrabs and AllowClosedownGrabs will allow users to remove the grab used by screen saver/locker
programs. An API was written to such cases. If you enable this option, make sure your screen saver/locker is updated.
--
Daniel Stone <daniels@debian.org>
Debian X Strike Force: http://people.debian.org/~branden/xsf/
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