CTRL+ALT+DEL Equivalent?

m3s3lf · 11-05-2004, 08:08 PM

Hey, I'm running Suse 9.1 and KDE 3.2 - if I try to load a website that has a TON of huge pictures on it and the machine freezes up (just about - mouse still moves, but choppy and nothing will work), is there something I can push to quit the process? I read about the command to type at the terminal, but it's faster to just hard restart then to wait for it to open.
Thanks!

Lleb_KCir · 11-05-2004, 08:29 PM

ctrl+alt+backarrow (not the 4 direction arrows but your backspace button)

FYI, there is no need to restart the entire system, just X. the above command will restart X for you.

snatale1 · 11-05-2004, 08:46 PM

You could also xkill the frozen app much faster than restarting KDE. What browser are you using?

ror · 11-05-2004, 08:52 PM

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Originally posted by Lleb_KCir
ctrl+alt+backarrow (not the 4 direction arrows but your backspace button)

FYI, there is no need to restart the entire system, just X. the above command will restart X for you.

There isn't even a need to kill the X if you just ctrl+alt+Fx to a spare console and kill the program through kill/killall/whatever.

m3s3lf · 11-05-2004, 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by snatale1
You could also xkill the frozen app much faster than restarting KDE. What browser are you using?

I'm using Firefox (only because gmail doesn't support Konqueror)

Thanks everybody!!

ror · 11-05-2004, 09:56 PM

how can a webmail possibly chose what it supports?

m3s3lf · 11-05-2004, 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by ror
how can a webmail possibly chose what it supports?

Yeah... I know

. The login applet doesn't work for me except in firefox.

ror · 11-05-2004, 10:24 PM

login uses an applet? ewwwww

tardigrade · 11-06-2004, 06:47 PM

alt-F4 will send a close command. try that first. for a ctrl alt del type thing press ctrl-esc it will bring up a graphical ps table.

m3s3lf · 11-06-2004, 06:52 PM

THANKS GUYS!!

tardigrade · 11-06-2004, 07:08 PM

one more thing. you can press ctrl alt and any F key from F2 to F6. then log in again as the same user. you can do it the command line way from there (use ps ax|grep 'prog name' for the PID number then kill PID). I would do this if you were doing something important. to go back type logout then press ctrl alt F7.

m3s3lf · 11-06-2004, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by tardigrade
one more thing. you can press ctrl alt and any F key from F2 to F6. then log in again as the same user. you can do it the command line way from there (use ps ax|grep 'prog name' for the PID number then kill PID). I would do this if you were doing something important. to go back type logout then press ctrl alt F7.

ror · 11-06-2004, 07:40 PM

I thought I said that

rusty_slacker · 11-06-2004, 08:32 PM

control+alt+escape brings up a little skull and crossbones in KDE. whatever window you click on will be killed. but don't click on the desktop background or on the kicker, because you will have a horribly confused machine that you will have to restart KDE on.

Lleb_KCir · 11-06-2004, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by ror
how can a webmail possibly chose what it supports?

gmail is very picky about what browser you use. i can not use Opera either firefox works, IE works, but i have yet to find any other brower that does with gmail. its the #1 reason my gmail account currently sits unused.