In case you were wondering, xkill changes the cursor, and the next window you click on will be closed. It works by forcing the X window manager to close its connection to the program (which should kill the program). On 3/19/06, Matt Mets wrote: > You could also run xkill from an open xterm window. Try that if the > shortcut doesnt work... > > On 3/19/06, Craig White wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 18:19 -0700, Victor Odhner wrote: > > > I user rdesktop to access my work desktop from home. > > > > > > This is a great app, but when it gets disconnected (or > > > freezes up for some reason?), I can't kill it without going > > > to shell and doing some ps-ish command. > > > > > > Right clicking on the taskbar icon, or on the upper > > > left corner, gives me a "close" option, but I guess > > > that goes through the program that owned the > > > window. > > > > > > There is also the "runaway process killer", but this > > > is not a runaway process so it isn't a candidate. > > > > > > Is there a simple GUI way to shoot down a window? > > ---- > > > > > > simultaneously for a brief moment... > > > > when the pointer turns into skull & crossbones, the next window you > > click on is toast > > > > Craig > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss