Re: kill -9 for a KDE window?

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 <matt.mets@gmail.com> wrote:
> You could also run xkill from an open xterm window. Try that if the
> <Ctrl><Alt><Esc> shortcut doesnt work...
>
> On 3/19/06, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> 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?
> > ----
> > <Control><Alt><ESC>
> >
> > simultaneously for a brief moment...
> >
> > when the pointer turns into skull & crossbones, the next window you
> > click on is toast
> >
> > Craig
> >
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