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SHIFT-Backspace Kills X-Server

Hi... first off...I'm pretty new to linux...

I installed Suse 9 a couple of weeks ago, and since I plugged in my new keyboard, the x-server is killed whenever I press Shift+Backspace. I read, that this is supposed to happen when pressing CTRL-SHIFT-Backspace..but the way it is now it is pretty annoying.

Hopefully someone here has encountered this problem before and knows how to solve it.

Thanks alot

larki

It's supposed to happen with <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<BkSpc>

Are your keys gone sticky?

If you can't find why it happens try enabling
the server flag "DontZap" in /etc/X11/XF86Config

Cheers,
Tink

Alternative solution to Shift-Backspace zapping X

Many people can run "xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.us" to fix the shift-backspace X resetting problem. But I my case it made other things worse/break or still resetted my X... so I found an alternative:

If you do this:

Code:

# xmodmap -pp -pk | grep BackSpace

It should show:

Code:

22 0xff08 (BackSpace) 0xff08 (BackSpace)

But if there is something about zapping X beteen the parentheses, you should change it back to BackSpace:

Code:

# xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace BackSpace"

Put this line into ~/.Xmodmap or .kde/Autostart/mystartups (and make the latter one executable) to make it persistent (for every boot).

This saved me from smashing my keyboard into the screen! I now have no problems at all with Dapper...

Quote:

Doing "xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.us" fixed the Shift|Backspace bug, but now my F12 hotkey and Ctrl+Alt+Workspace number hotkey doesn't work. Anyone else? That sucks!

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