That's DontZap, which is enabled in xorg.conf by default as of Jaunty. You can turn it off to return to the default behaviour.
See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/DontZap?action=show&redirect=DontZap -- [9.04] ctrl-alt-backspace does not work anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329736 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs