Re: [gentoo-user] Ctrl+Alt+bksp in Xorg

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 October 2009 00:45:07 Mick wrote:
>   
>> I have been trying to get this to work for some time now.  I have followed
>> this upgrade guide and modified my
>>
>> /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-xinput-configuration.fdi
>>
>> to include
>>
>> <merge key="input.xkb.options"
>>  type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
>>
>> This didn't work, so I looked further and found out that the
>>  input.xkb.options is deprecated and instead I should use:
>>
>> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbOptions"
>> type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
>>
>> as detailed in here:
>>
>> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/config/x11-input.fdi
>>
>> Anyway, neither will work.  Is there any other syntax I should try, or is
>> perhaps 10-xinput-configuration.fdi the wrong file for this?
>>
>>     
>
> This config works for me:
>
> $ cat /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <deviceinfo version="0.2">
>   <device>
>
>     <!-- KVM emulates a USB graphics tablet which works in absolute coordinate 
> mode -->
>     <match key="input.product" contains="QEMU USB Tablet">
>        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
>     </match>
>
>     <!-- FIXME: Support tablets too. -->
>     <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.mouse">
>       <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">mouse</merge>
>       <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
>              string="Linux">
>         <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
>       </match>
>     </match>
>
>     <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.tablet">
>       <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
>              string="Linux">
>         <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
>       </match>
>     </match>
>
>     <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
>       <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">mouse</merge>
>       <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
>              string="Linux">
>         <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
>       </match>
>     </match>
>
>     <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
>       <!-- If we're using Linux, we use evdev by default (falling back to
>            keyboard otherwise). -->
>       <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">keyboard</merge>
>       <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
>              string="Linux">
>         <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
>         <merge key="input.xkb.options" 
> type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
>       </match>
>     </match>
>   </device>
> </deviceinfo>
>
>
>   

You just got to love that hal.  All that when one line does it in
xorg.conf.  Yep, it's a serious improvement over the old way.  LOL

Dale

:-)  :-) 

P. S.  This was meant to be funny.  Note the LOL at the end.