there are always
<ctrl><alt><bksp> - kills X server
<ctrl><alt><F?> - 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 <sinck@ugive.com>
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> <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
> >
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