Sunday, September 16, 2012

Restart X (ctrl+alt+backspace)

The ctrl+alt+backspace key combination that used to do a hard restart of the X server has been disabled in many distros. This functionality can be achieved with the combination:

AltGr+Sysrq+k

Where Sysrq is the same Print screen or Prtsc key.

Also, the old ctrl+alt+backspace behaivor can be restored by following the instructions in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Ctrl.2BAlt.2BBackspace_does_not_work.

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