Key sequence to kill the x server: on by default

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Good day everyone!

I use GNOME and the default text editor that comes with the GNOME install, and I am not able to use CTRL+Backspace to delete words quickly on certain GNOME apps, such as the default text editor and Evolution.

Going to GNOME Tweaks > Keyboard > Additional Layout Options and disabling “key sequence to kill the x server” solved the symptom, but after reboot, it activates that setting again and brings back the symptom.

This happens with the GNOME option in the log in screen, but choosing the GNOME (X11) (I apologize, I forgot the different options for GNOME when signing up after turning the PC on) seems to avoid this issue.

I have seen some articles and posts related to this issue on the internet, but I hope I could get some solutions here. Thank you very much!

[deano_ferrari]

I’m not a Gnome user, but I started a Gnome (Wayland) session and can confirm the behaviour as you describe. Using the dconf-editor (or Gnome Tweaks) works for the current session…

…but does not persist so that upon next login it is enabled again.

Of course in Wayland mode the reference to the X-server is irrelevant, and the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Backspace key combo is used to terminate the current session and return to the displaymanager login screen. Gnome Wayland uses XKB (libkxbcommon) for keyboard layouts/bindings…

setxkbmap -query