On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 14:14, javac@mail.com wrote:
2.) from the gnome desktop ctrl-del-backspace (or ctrl-alt-backspace, whatever forget right now) usually causes some sort of weird sleep mode or something. 2a.) why doesn't it work as expected and just bring me to an old style prompt, sans x-windows?
Ctrl-Alt-BckSpce is used to restart the X Server not kill it. If you want to get to a text prompt either login on a VT (Ctrl-alt-Vt[1-6]) or run 'init 3' as root to switch to run level 3 from your X session. 'init 5' to start up X again.
2b) is there an alternative to this altered form of the three finger salute?
Not sure what you mean. You think Ctrl-Alt-BSpce is an altered form of Ctrl-Alt-Del? They perform two different functions. c-a-b restarts X, c-a-d restarts the computer.
Matt