On May 16 of 1998, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> 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?
>
> Anyone got any suggestions before I just kill the power, please reply
> off-list.
>
> regards,
>
> franko
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Ctrl-Alt-Backspace will kill X. Also, you can hit:
Ctrl-Alt-F1
Ctrl-Alt-F2
Ctrl-Alt-F3
and so on to get to the console windows. (You'd use Alt-F7 to get
back to X; the Ctrl is needed because Alt-F7 might be captured normally
by X applications)
-William
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