[NTLUG:Discuss] preventing KDE from trapping ctrl+alt+del

[Steve Baker]

jeremyb at univista.com wrote:
> I need to stop KDE from trapping ctrl+alt+del. Anyone know how to disable 
>   this? 

Do you mean that:

   1) KDE is trapping ctrl-alt-del so you cannot use that reboot your PC
      and you'd like that to work.

- or do you mean that:

   2) KDE traps ctrl-alt-del and uses it to reboot your PC and you wish
      that it didn't?

If it's the latter (2) then your problem isn't to do with KDE.  Ctrl-alt-del
is hardwired into the kernel somewhere.  You can change the behaviour of
it by editing:

     /etc/inittab

...and finding the line that says:

     # what to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed
     ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r -t 4 now

...so you can change that to:

     ca::ctrlaltdel::/bin/echo "Sorry - ctrl-alt-del has been disabled"

...or whatever.

However, if it's (1) that's troubling you then I have no idea what to do.

KDE prevents ctrl-alt-del from working - so I have to type ctrl-alt-backspace
to shut down KDE and THEN type ctrl-alt-del to reboot the machine.  I have no
idea how to change that behaviour.

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