dada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi.... > > Is true that I never lose control on my linux box, but some times I lose > control in my X-Windows and I must restart the X. Is that usual? > > I supose that's due to use some aplications. But if this is true, why I > lose control on all aplications that I'm using?
Some application (especially Motif-ones) sometimes grab all mouse and keyboard event (e.g. when you select a submenu). If the application (or the widget library) forgets to correctly release the grab you will be unable to do anything with X-Window System, including switching to other terminals using ctrl-alt-f<x> and zapping X11 using ctrl-alt-bs. The only solution is a terminal attached to your computer, some people use their calculators (the better TI and HP ones) for this purpose. You can also use another computer in a local network to remote login into your machine. Torsten -- "What a depressingly stupid machine" The Restaurant at the End of the Universe PGP Public Key is available -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .