Re: [newbie] Linux hangs...

2001-04-11 Thread Todd Flinders
I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say. If you're looking for a shortcut to kill locked jobs, there's a cute little skull and crossbones link on your desktop that you can use to kill dead or stuck windows should that occur (rare). Otherwise, you can kill a job in console. To find a job'

Re: [newbie] Linux Hangs.......

2000-03-30 Thread nodyak0
'ctrl-alt-backspace' have done that before and think this is what has caused some of the probs I have experienced in the last 2 weeks. Thank You for the response. I would recommend anyone that is having a prob with their system hanging and cannot use the keyboard or mouse do the "OFF" thingy and

Re: [newbie] Linux Hangs.......

2000-03-30 Thread Brent Pathakis
I've had certain programs hang in X too. One thing you can try is ctrl-alt-backspace, and that will usually kick you back out to a command prompt. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have had the problem of my GUI login just went > away a few days ago and > had to use the TEXT login then type in 's