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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379611


           Summary: X11 kill keyboard shortcut: provide user-friendly way of
                    handling it
           Product: openSUSE 10.3
           Version: Final
          Platform: i586
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: X.Org
        AssignedTo: sndirsch@xxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: bluedzins@xxxxx
         QAContact: xorg-maintainer-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
          Found By: ---


Problem: by default X kill (ctrl+alt+backspace) is left unmodified. For weekend
user there could be a problem because one could expect that such DM as KDE
would handle this, but they are not -- so current behaviour is extremely
dangerous (can lead to major data loss).
If you look at the keyboard you will notice it can be pressed accidentally --
it is similar to ctrl+backspace and ctrl+alt+delete (I mixed the latter one).

I have no clear solution for this, so maybe just a minor suggestions:
* turn it off by default, it is easier for power user to turn it on, than for
weekend user to disable it
* turn it on (no matter of the settings) only for yast graphics card tests
* intercept the shortcut (funny thing -- ctrl+alt+del is intercepted, power off
! button is intercepted but this one is not all, it just kills every app)
* allow to configure the shortcut

besides, except for graphics card configuration I see zero benefit of having
this turned on (I modified xorg.conf already).


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