there are always - kills X server - Switch to virtual terminal and log in in text mode give them a try. Bill > David: > Thanks for your answer. I'm an old Unix guy, so I'm familiar with the > "kill" command. The problem is that, on the incident in quesiton, I > couldn't get the cursor to behave to the point that I could start a terminal > window. I was hoping there was a hotkey to do this, or maybe I could set > one up. Or maybe there's some hotkey sequence to kill KDE, so I can > restart it without rebooting the box. I tend to prefer GUI's (because an > old fart like myself has trouble remembering all the magic commands and > options) but sometimes there's no substitute for the command line. > (Maybe I just need to keep a terminal window open somewhere at all times, > just in case?) > > Vaughn > > -----Original Message----- > From: sinck@ugive.com > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > Date: Friday, November 03, 2000 11:17 AM > Subject: Dumb question on KDE > > > > > > > >\_ Hello: > >\_ Another quick question. I'm using KDE on my Mandrake box and I > >\_ generally like it. (I don't want to provoke any flame wars about the > "best" > >\_ user interface!) I just want to know-- if a misbehaving application > hogs > >\_ cycles to the point that the mouse is malfunctioning, how do I bail out > of > >\_ it without pushing the "reset" switch? Skimming through the "KDE in 24 > >\_ Hours" book I have, I don't see anything to that effect. > > > >run top in a term window, figure out which process is stealling > >cycles, then kill it either through top ('k', I believe) or from the > >command line 'kill'. > > > >David > > > >________________________________________________ > >See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > >Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- -- Bill Warner, aka Geekus Nosleepus No. 355122 Direct Alliance Corp. Unix/Linux Admin.