control-break

[possumpuss]

hi
i have a quick question -
is there a keystroke equivalent to ctrl-alt-del/task manager/end task on application in linux?
my problem: i'm mounting a fat32 partition (2nd hdd) in linux, and basically playing mp3 files off it
frequently, these files lock up xmms, so that i can't exit from xmms, or skip to the next song, or kill client... i have to leave x, then startx again, and sometimes i have to reboot entirely...
any suggestions would be appreciated
thank you
possum

[lsibn]

My first suggestion is to get the newest version of Xmms (1.2.5) and if you HAVE it, try 1.2.4.

After that, you could run
ps ax | grep xmms
and then run
kill -9 <pid>
for each instance. Xmms is multithreaded or something like that. You should try kill <pid> without the -9 first, but if that doesn't work, go ahead and kill -9 it.

[Craig McPherson]

Run the "xkill" command from an xterm. Your cursor will turn into a bomb or some other sort of implement of destruction. Click on a window, and it's killed. There's some hotkey to turn your cursor into an xkill instantly, but I don't recall what it is.