Re: CTRL ALT and DEL

From: Esta Vida Nueva (vamos_at_a.bailar)
Date: 02/06/04


Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 04:24:28 +0500

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 11:49:38 +0100, Ulf Doz posted:

> Esta Vida Nueva wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I am running RH8; having used and got used to Windows, I am now running
>> Linux on my laptop machine, one feature of Windows I miss is the security
>> menu that appears, when you push CTRL ALT and DEL. Does anybody know of a
>> way to "customise" the reaction to this key combination, under X11; for
>> example, a menu on-screen consisting of the "Lock Screen" and "Log Out"
>> that appear in the "start" menu, and "System Monitor".
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
> Most Desktops under unix allow to customize every keybinding including
> this one. If you tell me what you are using perhaps I can help you more.

RedHat 8, with X11 running GNOME.

> Be carefull with customizing the inittab, at least read the manpage.

Naturally, I dont want init level 5 to shut down the PC!!!

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