Shutdown a program
 

I currently have another browser open that I can't exit. Is there a way to exit a program even if it is hung. You know like a way to kill the process?

It is VERY annoying

`xkill` should do it. in KDE, kicker->utilities->xutilities->xkill

dunno about gnome, but you can also call it from a command prompt

or type 'ps ax' in the console, find the process id of the app and type 'kill -9 pid' where pid is the process id.

If both the programs are hung,then type ctrl-alt-F1 and login to the root and try to kill the program with the corresponding PID with command kill PID

CTRL + ALT +ESC works under many distro.... turns you mouse cursor into a scull and crossbones that you can "drop" on any application to kill it....

FYI
in some managers, like windowmaker, pressing <ctrl> and closing the window works.


billy

xkill is by far the easiest way to kill a non responding program.