Ubuntu 9.04 disabled the semi-crucial keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, that used to force the X graphical server to restart, and made it wonky to re-enable. Luckily, Ubuntu 9.10, due out in nine ...

This has gotta be somewhere, but between google and the forum search, I'm not finding it. <BR><BR>If X-Windows on Linux goes blooey, I can always hit ctrl-alt-backspace to kill it then re-start it ...

Like chalex said, Ctrl+Alt+Backspace should work, but it could be disallowed if Option "DontZap" is set in your X config. Maybe Solaris sets this by default.<BR><BR>I've also run into situations where ...

In the last release of Ubuntu (9.04) the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace key sequence normally used to kill the X server was disabled by default. Apparently many people like to kill their X server this way so a ...

Linux users: On your next system freeze, when CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE leaves you high and dry, don't reach for the power button. Rather than forcing the system to shut down (which can do quite a bit of ...