I doubt there is much to do on distribution side. As fallback mode is dropped from support of GNOME (see https://wiki.gnome.org/ThreePointSeven/Features/DropOrFixFallbackMode), newer version GNOME/openSUSE will not even ship with it. So just no one is doing anything about fallback mode anymore.
A possible quick fix is to use command line tool: xkill. I also suggest to try out GNOME 3 (non-fallback mode), and to have a GNOME 2-like feel, you can find a lot of useful extensions on https://extensions.gnome.org/, including a "force quit extension". Also in future GNOME/openSUSE, there will be an officially bundled extensions pack that offers a better GNOME 2 experience. See https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.8/, many extensions in the Classic pack are available for openSUSE 12.3 (which includes GNOME 3.6) and are installable from the above gnome extension site. In case, you would like a more authentic GNOME 2 style, there are also two GNOME forks: 1. Cinnamon (fork of GNOME 3), needs 3D graphics support. 2. MATE (fork of old GNOME 2), _no_ 3D support required. However these are not included in openSUSE 12.3, you can install them from unofficial repos from http://software.opensuse.org/ though. Hope these help. (In reply to comment #2) > I use Gnome 3 with gnome-session-fallback. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006490 Title: Gnome Classic 12.04 panel applet “Force Quit” locks up system, hardware reboot to recover To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/1006490/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
