Ranjan Maitra writes:
On Sun, 4 Nov 2012 19:24:56 -0500 Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Joe Zeff writes: > > > On 11/04/2012 03:06 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > >> > >> > >> Execute 'init 4' to kill X. Then, you may need to press CTRL-ALT-F1, or > >> some other CTRL-ALT-Fx to go back to the console, log in, if necessary, > >> and execute 'init 5' to restart X. > > > > Init 4? Shouldn't that be 3? > > Not necessarily. init 4 will work just fine. > I have had this happen once in a long while. I end up killing the window in focus (ctrl-d) and it seems to go back to normal after that. Is this not a possibility?
Whatever works. I don't remember, but maybe once or twice I was able to regain control of the desktop, that way. But, more often than not, kicking X was the only way out.
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