[SOLVED] Can't Close Browser

marigold · 07-13-2011, 07:38 PM

The buttons to minimize and close, in the upper right-hand corner, have disappeared, making it impossible to close my browser and shut down my computer.I don't know what to do. Thanks.

NaTTaN · 07-13-2011, 08:07 PM

mmm it's a really weird problem, at least you should be able to shutdown your system, using the ctrl+alt+shift+F3 key combination you should then see the TTY come up, then just write poweroff, hit enter and that's it...

P.D.: under some systems use ctrl+alt+F(and a number between 2 and 8) to get the TTY

i hope it's useful for you
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xjonquilx · 07-13-2011, 08:12 PM

Could you tell us what distribution of Linux you're using please?

dEnDrOn · 07-13-2011, 08:34 PM

for the time being,you can close your browser by right clicking on its top(where name of browser is shown usually) and choosing to close..
And for further help,please tell which distro and DE are you using ?

John VV · 07-13-2011, 10:04 PM

by now you have probably held the power button down for 4 seconds

reboot will most likely fix it , for now .

for a fix we would need to know some VERY basic information that should have been the first post
like What operating system is this ? and what version ?
What desktop is this ? gnome,kde,xfce,lxde, what ?

did you turn on any of the "3d effects " also known as the 3d desktop"

roger_heslop · 07-13-2011, 10:05 PM

When Firefox (or other) stops playing nice I use:

Code:

ps aux | grep firefox

The output will look something like:

Code:

username   1640  5.3 27.1 808100 278860 ?       Sl   20:24   5:13 /usr/lib/firefox-5.0/firefox-bin

Then kill that four digit number:

Code:

kill 1640

Lexus45 · 07-13-2011, 10:34 PM

And then to prevent the re-opening of the same websites which may lead your browser to hang, you may open some other site from the terminal:

Code:

firefox somesite.com

marigold · 07-13-2011, 11:16 PM

I'm using Ubuntu.

marigold · 07-13-2011, 11:26 PM

It's working now. Thanks!

dEnDrOn · 07-14-2011, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marigold

It's working now. Thanks!

please mark this thread as SOLVED if you are done !