[CentOS] CentOS 7, ctrl-alt-bksp

Scott Robbins
Tue, 08 Mar 2016 02:12:25 -0000

On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 08:58:06PM -0500, Fred Smith
wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 04:17:29PM -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:


> > Fred Smith wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 11:25:30AM -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us
wrote:
> > >> I've been googling, and looking at the CentOS wiki -
which, btw, when I
> > >> do a full search on "control-alt-backspace", gives
me three pages... in
> > >> Japanese, I think.
> > >>
> > >> How do I re-enable userspace restart X?
> > >>
You used to be able to do it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but not sure if it
still works.



Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

I see stackexchange adds

ection "InputClass"
    Identifier      "Keyboard Defaults"
    MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
    Option          "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

Also, at least with the more minimalist window managers (I usually use
either Openbox or dwm) one can also use ctl+alt+F<whatever>, get to a
console and do sudo pkill X.
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