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How I messed up by accidentally replaying all my keystrokes from the last few days (github.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After getting a comment from the creator of kanata (an awesome piece of software by the way) that he found my story amusing, I figured that I'd also post it here, partly as fun, partly as a cautionary tale. Also, I'd appreciate any tips as to what to check for in my system, it's a weird feeling to know that some stuff might have been messed up under the hood.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Does Ctrl+Alt+Backspace not kill X any more (assuming you're using X)?

Does Ctrl+Alt+Delete reboot the system from a graphical desktop? Or is that only from the virtual consoles?

I wonder if locking the session would have stopped it as well. I doubt the Alt+SysRq combos would have been useful since other random input was happening at the same time (unless the next keystroke happened to be an I, U, or B).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

They moved Ctrl-Alt-Backspace behind a config iirc - too easy to hit by accident.

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