8.1. Ctrl-Alt-Del (Boot) If you press Ctrl-Alt-Del (or whatever key was assigned the keysym Boot by loadkeys) then either the machine reboots immediately (without sync), or init is sent a SIGINT. The former behaviour is the default. The default can be changed by root, using the system call reboot(), see ctrlaltdel(8). Some init's change the default. What happens when init gets SIGINT depends on the version of init used - often it will be determined by the pf entry in /etc/inittab (which means that you can run an arbitrary program in this case). In the current kernel Ctrl-AltGr-Del is no longer by default assigned to Boot. 8.2. Other combinations Name Default binding ------------------------------- Show_Memory Shift-Scrollock Show_Registers AltGr-ScrollLock Show_State Ctrl-ScrollLock Console_n Alt-Fn and Ctrl-Alt-Fn (1 <= n <= 12) Console_{n+12} AltGr-Fn (1 <= n <= 12) Incr_Console Alt-RightArrow Decr_Console Alt-LeftArrow Last_Console Alt[Gr]-PrintScreen Scroll_Backward Shift-PageUp Scroll_Forward Shift-PageDown Caps_On (CapsLock is a toggle; this key sets) Compose Ctrl-. 8.3. X Combinations Ctrl-Alt-Fn Switch to VT n Ctrl-Alt-KP+ Next mode Ctrl-Alt-KP- Previous mode Ctrl-Alt-Backspace Kill X