Unfortunately, there's still a need to kill the XServer from time to time.
Since upgrading to Raring ctrl+alt+backspace is disabled and I can't find this option in the keyboard settings any-more:
Is there a way to re-enable it in Raring?
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I think this answer is the closest: askubuntu.com/a/81394/235 though we should leave this open in case there's a GUI way, then merge it into that question.– Jorge CastroCommented Oct 29, 2013 at 17:09
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askubuntu.com/questions/10622/… this solution does not work with the new keyboard setting...– tibikeCommented Oct 29, 2013 at 17:10
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Yeah, the command line one should still work though.– Jorge CastroCommented Oct 29, 2013 at 17:11
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1yup! setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp thanks!– tibikeCommented Oct 29, 2013 at 17:14
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1@jorge-castro There are dconf-editor instructions (includes ctrl-alt-backspace) at swap keys and added to 10622– chaskesCommented Oct 29, 2013 at 17:32
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I only tested this on 13.10+, but you could do the following on the terminal type:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
This will open the keyboard configuration script. Press enter 5 times if you don't want to change any keyboard configuration and only want to kill X. When you get to the Kill X option which looks like this:
Select YES and press enter. Wait a bit while everything configures and after that you should have the ability to CTRL+ALT+BCKSPC right on the current session. After saving any work you have pending, try it yourself.
Perfect to solve any visual issues or annoying apps.
answered Apr 11, 2014 at 15:21
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2Still works in 15.04, it adds
XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"to /etc/default/keyboard. Reconfiguring this one option leads to an unnecessaryupdate-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-30-generic, but no harm done. Commented Oct 20, 2015 at 23:03 -