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XFree86's DontZap
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Morzinski)
Wed Jun 26 05:24:15 2002
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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 05:24:10 -0400
From: "Jacob Morzinski" <jmorzins@MIT.EDU>
Hello,
I'm agitating for XFree86's "DontZap" option again.
(I'm assuming that Athena still wants to disallow killing
the X server with Ctl-Alt-BackSpace)
XFree86 version 4 uses a new config file, XF86Config-4. The
three 9.1 machines I looked at all lacked the DontZap setting,
allowing users to lose all their work if they accidentally strike
the kill-the-server key-chord.
The way to disable Ctl-Alt-BackSpace in the new XFree86 is to add
the DontZap option to the ServerFlags section of the config file.
Note again that the config file is "XF86Config-4", not "XF86Config".
The following three lines are sufficient; they can go anywhere
that is not enclosed in another Section.
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "on"
EndSection
