[gentoo-user] Re: I want my Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> writes:

> The 'new' way of setting it up without a xorg.conf file is to set it up in 
> your /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi like so:
>
>  <merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
>
> Read more details here:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml

I am running hal, but if I enter the suggested line:

   (all on one line [wrapped for mail here])
   <merge key="input.xkb.options"  
                    type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>

into /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

And it is the only line in there.
 (Maybe there is supposed to be some header type lines above it?)

C+A+bkspc still doesn't kill X.   

It seems to have no effect at all when in xorg.conf as suggested or
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi as suggested.

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The only things I've tried that work are
1) From that same page of tips:
          setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp 
   That kills X instantly

2) my own concoction:
 kill -TERM `ps wwaux|awk '/[X].*noliste[n]/{print $2}'`

  Also instantly kills X