Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10

From	Richard Evans <rp.evans.nospam@tiscali.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject	Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10
Date	2011-04-19 21:30 +0100
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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References	(4 earlier) <ioi7e9$go8$1@speranza.aioe.org> <pan.2011.04.18.21.03.23.227157@deadspam.com> <1529.160T2915T9096724@kltpzyxm.invalid> <pan.2011.04.19.18.51.01.716481@deadspam.com> <op.vt684ow3a3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net>

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David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:51:02 -0400, Henrik Carlqvist 
> <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> wrote:
> 
>> "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>> On my Slackware box, pressing control-alt-backspace will bring down X.
>>
>> Yep, ctrl-alt-backspace will kill X unless that key combination has been
>> disabled by xorg.conf or some other mechanism.
> 
> On recent version of xorg that I've used, you have to hold down alt+ctrl
> and press the backspace key twice.
> 
> With kdm or other dm running, this may have to be done this several times
> to trigger the respawning too fast, which should drop you to a terminal
> login session.
> 
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
> 

The <CTRL><ATL><BACKSPACE> doesn't seem to work.

I'm assuming there must be a line in a configuration file somewhere that 
tells Ubuntu to load X, perhaps the easiest way would be to comment out 
this line for now. The next question is how do I find it?

Richard E.

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  Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Richard Evans <rp.evans.nospam@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-18 02:09 +0100
  Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Richard Evans <rp.evans.nospam@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-18 03:11 +0100
  Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2011-04-18 08:24 +0200
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      Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-18 17:24 +0000
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          Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2011-04-18 23:03 +0200
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            Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2011-04-18 15:09 -0800
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                Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2011-04-19 23:22 +0200
                Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2011-04-19 15:15 -0400
                Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Richard Evans <rp.evans.nospam@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-19 21:30 +0100
                Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-04-19 22:03 +0000
                Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Richard Evans <rp.evans.nospam@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-20 00:10 +0100
          Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Kevin Snodgrass <kdsnodgrass@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-19 01:43 +0000
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            Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Richard Evans <rp.evans.nospam@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-04-19 22:21 +0100
              Re: TV-Output Mythbunto 10.10 Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2011-04-20 08:17 +0200
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