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[Douglas Moyes <aragorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

Prior to ubuntu 9.04, the CTRL-ALT-BS sequence worked fine. Hit those
three magic keys, and the X Server would instantly die, saving you from
some runaway X11 program... and also offering a very fast convenient way
to crash-logout of X Window.

For some unknown reason, this sequence no longer works. Doesn't matter
if it's on a USB or PS/2 keyboard.

All I can say is, right now, I'm glad my primary home computer still
runs Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, though at work I use Ubuntu 9.10 and have to worry
about some website causing the browser or Adobe Flash to freak out and
kill my system, where CTL-ALT-BS could have saved it (or ssh into the
machine from another computer, but that's a little crazy).

I've been using that key sequence for over 14 years, and to have it
suddenly not work anymore. I'm sure some idiot developer thought nobody
uses that key sequence anymore, and disabled it. Well, it's still used,
and still needed. Especially if you're a software developer, and
accidentally do something that causes the window manager to go nuts...
CTL-ALT-BS would save the system form having to do a cold reboot, and
save a lot of time. And lets not even talk about running some windows
programs in Wine... most work, but every now and then....

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr  2 21:25:38 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Lsusb:
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: MSI MS-6702
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=326836b9-8e33-404f-91fa-86c4db21a0a9 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:5788): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:5833): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:5826): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (gnome-panel:5825): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -1 and height 24
 (yelp:6015): Yelp-WARNING **: Failed to load config file: No such file or directory
dmi.bios.date: 04/02/01
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: Version 07.00T
dmi.board.name: MS-6702
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0123ABC
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Uknown Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.00
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrVersion07.00T:bd04/02/01:svnMSI:pnMS-6702:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnMS-6702:rvr1.0:cvnUknownChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrVersion1.00:
dmi.product.name: MS-6702
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       x86_64kernel:             2.6.31-14-generic

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: x11 xorg

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X11 escape CTRL-ALT-BS no longer works in 9.x version of ubuntu
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554411
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