> you don't ever just turn off or reboot a Unix system, right? So just what
> the *!#4&#! do you do when you startx and find that the mouse doesn't work?
> And neither does any key combination you can think of. And you can't even
> use the 'Vulcan Nerve Pinch' (ctrl-alt-del). What's the alternative but
> just turning off the system and risking whatever file corruption happens?
Well, basically, that is what power switches are for. When all else
fails, you pull the plug.
Now, that said, you have not tried ctrl-alt-F1 or any other function
key, have you? That is how you go back to a non-X console. Alt-Fx for
non X console swapping, and Ctrl-ALt-Fx for X to regular console swapping.
(ON Linux, the X console is always F7.) And when you find the console you
started X on, you Ctl-C that, which brings makes the X-Window an
ex-window.
Or, from root, you can do a
ps afx | more
or
ps afx | less
and see what processes are running, then
kill -9 process-number
or
killall process-name
Really quite simple after you have rammed your head through the
plasterboards a few times... (Or pestered the heck out of a friend during
the learning period. I've had the favor returned, too.)
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