-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 27 December 2002 01:06 am, greg wrote: > > "kill app" always did something completely stupid - it called close() > > on the application's X server connection. If the app was stuck in an > > infinite loop or otherwise stuck, "kill app" wouldn't. Kill the app > > that is. It didn't work, it's that simple. Quite apart from any > > usability rationale. > > > > If you close a GTK 2 app (and hopefully Qt3.1 apps, though I haven't > > checked if Troll Tech added support), if the app is locked up > > metacity will offer to kill it for you. And when metacity kills it > > will (when possible) use "kill", not close() on the X server > > connection. kwin may do the same, I don't know. > > > > If you run non-GTK2/Qt3.1 apps, add a launcher to your panel that > > runs xkill. Very easy, if you actually know enough about the > > technical details to have any business calling close() on an X server > > connection in the first place. (If you don't understand what that > > implies, then you should not use xkill, because you won't understand > > why xkill frequently doesn't work or what to do when it fails.) > > > > Another GUI approach to the problem is System Tools -> System Monitor > > and kill from there. > > > > And if you have an app that locks up all the time, please report that > > bug... > > > > Havoc > Or, even lazier people, can just press ctrl+alt+esc, which is the same > as kill -9. A scull appears on the screen, and you just click on the > program which is no longer responding. ctrl-alt-esc doesn't issue a kill -9, it calls Xkill. See Havoc's points above. There is a good reason the cursor changes to a skull and crossbones. ;) The xkill man page tells you that the command is dangerous: DESCRIPTION Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to clients. This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting programs that have displayed undesired windows on a user's screen. - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+C/U/n/07WoAb/SsRAuHxAKCHiKz5cCbH2OlhZ/4vRFsXyOVHyQCfa7QV mgRDlehwPpqdaT6IdRqPTfU= =W9qS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
