Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> writes: > Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@arcor.de> writes: > >>> Read more details here: >>> >>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml >> >> HAL is deprecated and will not be supported in X anymore, so it's not >> the "new" way ;) > > Well, its just not the NEWEST way. But what is the newest (post hal) > way? And will the xorg.conf technique work anyway?
I should have mentioned that after posting the OP, I discovered I've had that stanza in xorg.conf for mnths... I forgot I had taken it from a post by Florien P., but I do not get the use of Ctrl+alt+bkspk to quit X. I guess it works for you though eh, Mick? ------- --------- ---=--- --------- -------- >From xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" # [HP 100709_111603 From post on gentoo.user ## From: Florian Philipp <li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net> ## Subject: Re: Fed up with Xorg + hal mess ## Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:22:46 +0200 ## Message-ID: <4acb7ce6.10...@f_philipp.fastmail.net> ## Restablishes Ctrl-Alt-Bkspc to quit X Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" # ] Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection