Kill process hotkey

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ninoid
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Kill process hotkey

#1 Post by ninoid »

Is there any hotkey for kill "freezzed" processs?
Like CTRL+ALT+DEL in Windows.
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swiatmar
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#2 Post by swiatmar »

CTRL+ALT+DEL will reboot your computer
CTRL+ALT+Backspace will exit X
and after typing xwin you will be back on your desktop
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#3 Post by jemimah »

Additionally:

You can right click on the frozen window's title bar and choose kill from the menu.

Or on the main menu, go to System->System->Pprocess to get a windows-style task manager. You can also install Lxtask from the repository for an alternative task manager if you don't like Pprocess.
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#4 Post by 8-bit »

Also, if you run a program from terminal, you can abort it with CTRL-C key combination.
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#5 Post by ninoid »

OK. Thanks.
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#6 Post by tide »

I have this problem now and then, usually with Opera and lots of open tabs. First the browser freezes. Sometimes even the mouse cursor won't move. Right click has no effect. Ctrl+Alt+Del: nada.
I have to reboot by quite literally pulling the plug.

Obviously it has something to do with my machine waiting for some user input to be processed, lacking memory.
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