[SOLVED] help would like to enable fc12 ctrl+alt+backspace to logout

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In older distributions I had the ability to logout by keying in

ctrl+alt+backspace

and this is no longer a default supported function in fc12.

much thanks in advance,

[vijithak]

Hi,

It's by default ctrl+alt+delete for logout in fc12. You should be able to change it by System --> preferences --> Keyboard Shortcuts.

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I do not seem to have any 'logout' entry in this list. however I have the ability to add a shortcut.

anybody know what the command is to logout?

[reed9]

For most, if not all, newer distros, CTRL+ALT+BKSP has been deprecated. Used to be you could add an option to xorg.conf to get it back, but that doesn't work with newer distros either.

The solution is to add a hal policy turning it on.

I don't know about Fedora, but in Arch there is a default template at /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi

You need to copy that to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

su -
cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

Then add a line

<merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">grp:alt_shift_toggle,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>

If there is a line for input.xkb.options already, just add the terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp part.