Re: [newbie] Kill under LM9.1 beta 2
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:43:26 -0500 "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 21 February 2003 07:41 am, Rob Lindsay wrote: > > Don't seem to be able to find the Kill icon that I'm used to having copied > > to the panel so that I can easily zap frozen applications. > > > > How do I set this up under 9.1? > > > > I know that I can CTL/ALT?F1-6 logon and ps -aux 'pipe' less/more and then > > kill by trial and error. This seems too complex! > > > > TIA, > > > > Rob > > Rob, not sure about the 9.1 stuff, but normally you can: > > > > and bring up the skull/deaths' head and zap whatever you want by clicking on > it. I alway remove the kill icon from my 9 and 12 yr olds comps (do you need > to ask why? ) but still needed an easy way for me to stop things in > case they had problems. Works fine here... :-) > > HTH's! > > -- > > /\ > Dark< >Lord > \/ > > > xkill (the kill button) is located at: /usr/X11R6/bin/xkill you can make a link to that (at least thats where it usually is...might want to try locate xkill to verify) one thing you may want to note: xkill seems to have a habit of only killing the window itself sometimes I've had instances where I've used xkill and the process behind it was still showing up (using ps ax | grep ) and I still had to use kill -s 9 to kill it fully. Jerry -- Registered Linux user # 300600 Registered Linux machine # 185855 at http://counter.li.org (o_ //\ V_/_ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kill under LM9.1 beta 2
On Friday 21 February 2003 13:41, Rob Lindsay wrote: > Don't seem to be able to find the Kill icon that I'm used to having copied > to the panel so that I can easily zap frozen applications. > > How do I set this up under 9.1? > > I know that I can CTL/ALT?F1-6 logon and ps -aux 'pipe' less/more and then > kill by trial and error. This seems too complex! > > TIA, > > Rob Just open a console and type "xkill" (without the quotes) on the CML. Then you can left click on the runaway app same as with the xkill icon. If you insist on an icon you could always roll your own using the same xkill command and an icon of choice. Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Kill under LM9.1 beta 2
Title: RE: [newbie] Kill under LM9.1 beta 2 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 7:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Kill under LM9.1 beta 2 On Friday 21 February 2003 07:41 am, Rob Lindsay wrote: > Don't seem to be able to find the Kill icon that I'm used to having copied > to the panel so that I can easily zap frozen applications. > > How do I set this up under 9.1? > > I know that I can CTL/ALT?F1-6 logon and ps -aux 'pipe' less/more and then > kill by trial and error. This seems too complex! > > TIA, > > Rob Rob, not sure about the 9.1 stuff, but normally you can: and bring up the skull/deaths' head and zap whatever you want by clicking on it. I alway remove the kill icon from my 9 and 12 yr olds comps (do you need to ask why? ) but still needed an easy way for me to stop things in case they had problems. Works fine here... :-) HTH's! -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Look on the K>applications>monitoring, don't know why they put it there but there it is. HTH Dennis M.
Re: [newbie] Kill under LM9.1 beta 2
On Friday 21 February 2003 07:41 am, Rob Lindsay wrote: > Don't seem to be able to find the Kill icon that I'm used to having copied > to the panel so that I can easily zap frozen applications. > > How do I set this up under 9.1? > > I know that I can CTL/ALT?F1-6 logon and ps -aux 'pipe' less/more and then > kill by trial and error. This seems too complex! > > TIA, > > Rob Rob, not sure about the 9.1 stuff, but normally you can: and bring up the skull/deaths' head and zap whatever you want by clicking on it. I alway remove the kill icon from my 9 and 12 yr olds comps (do you need to ask why? ) but still needed an easy way for me to stop things in case they had problems. Works fine here... :-) HTH's! -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
