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JavaCowboy
06-13-2001, 03:53 PM
Whenever I'm in trouble in Windows, I can always hit ALT-CTRL-DEL. Whenever a program that occupies a full screen (ie a computer game), freezes on me, I have no choice but to reboot.
Is there a key combination that would allow me to kill this program?
Also, is there a Linux equivalent to ALT-TAB, to allow me to navigate among different programs without having to use my mouse?
Thanks! :)
Craig McPherson
06-13-2001, 03:57 PM
Control-Alt-F1 switches you to a text console if you're in X, where you can log in and kill any jobs that need killed. Alt-F7 takes you back to X, assuming you haven't changed the defaults.
Control-Alt-Backspace kills your X session instantly, shutting down any X applications. If X was started from a Display Manger, it'll dump you back to the X login screen. If X was started from a console, it'll dump you back to the console.
Strike
06-13-2001, 04:04 PM
JavaCowboy, most window managers do use ALT-Tab to switch between programs, I believe. What window manager/desktop environment do you use? GNOME, KDE, etc.
Dagda
06-13-2001, 06:27 PM
Craig McPherson doesn't Control+Alt+F1 take you to the X dump screen? Don't you have to go Control+Alt+F2 to login?
Craig McPherson
06-13-2001, 08:06 PM
Control-Alt-F1 switches to TTY1.
Control-Alt-F2 switches to TTY2.
Control-Alt-F3 switches to TTY3.
If you started an X session by running "startx" from TTY1, then yes, you'll have X dumping information onto TTY1, unless you redirected it to /dev/null. If you started X via a Display Manager, you won't.
I, personally, always run X on TTY22. TTY1 through TTY21 consist of 21 text consoles, and TTY23 and TTY24 have log information dumped to them through Syslog.
JavaCowboy
06-13-2001, 08:40 PM
Originally posted by Strike:
<STRONG>JavaCowboy, most window managers do use ALT-Tab to switch between programs, I believe. What window manager/desktop environment do you use? GNOME, KDE, etc.</STRONG>
I use GNOME, and I've never been able to ALT-TAB with it.
fancypiper
06-13-2001, 09:32 PM
Gnome requires a window manager (enlightenment, sawfish, sawmill).
Configure it to do so with the control center, window manager section.
It should default to <alt> tab to switch between programs in that screen (I use 6 virtual screens when using x).
If you mess your configurations up, remame your $HOME .gnome* folders to another name and restart x and the defaults will be restored.
bdg1983
06-13-2001, 11:24 PM
I set mine up in Sawfish to be Windows-Tab.
If you're using Sawfish, Gnome Control Center->Sawfish->Shortcuts to configure.