On Friday 26 of October 2012 22:13:32 Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Pascal Viandier <pviandier@...>
> wrote: (...)
>
> >>>>>> Since installing the latest backport kernel in Squeeze, kdm-trinity
> >>>>>> login screen shows this:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to begin
>
> (...)
>
> > And knowledge is a force:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_attention_key
>
> Is Ctrl-Alt-Del a Trinity choice or a Debian kernel choice? I never
> liked Ctrl-Alt-Del (in Windows) because I have been used to type that
> for reboot. And it has a Windows taste.
>
> I read here from Andrew Morton
> http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SAK.txt
>
> : "What key sequence should you use? Well, CTRL-ALT-DEL is used to reboot
>
> the machine.  CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE is magical to the X server.  We'll
> choose CTRL-ALT-PAUSE."
>
> Seems to me to make sense (although I personaly don't use the login
> screen on my private machines.
>
> Thierry de Coulon
>

Ctrl + Alt + Del Trinity is a choice - independent of the kernel and 
distributions. Perhaps this was the intention of choice precisely because it 
was for the users typical sequence.

Note: On some notebooks can be key Pause less accessible than Delete.

Slavek
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