Have you noticed that with Ubuntu (and Kubuntu) 4.9 no longer works Ctrl + Alt + Backspace to do a reset of the X server? I have no idea why the team at Canonical has made that choice (perhaps not even been a choice but their team Xorg) but for me it is definitely a step backwards.

Fortunately it is just as easy to rehabilitate this convenient shortcut:


sudo apt-get install dontzap
sudo dontzap --disable


If you want to go back again and disable the keyboard shortcut:


sudo dontzap --enable


This is not the only way it can directly edit the configuration file:

sudo gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and adapted to this part of the file:

Section “ServerFlags”
Option “DontZap” “false”
EndSection


In reality there is another shortcut: right alt + k + printscreen.

The main place where I got the information is here:
Howto Enable Ctrl + Alt + Backspace in Jaunty | Ubuntu Geek .

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