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Subject: Re: CTR+ALT+DEL under Linux? From: Bill Carlson <wcarlson@vh.org> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:45:07 -0500 (CDT) On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Dawid Michalczyk wrote: > I have just had a complete system freeze. I could only move the mouse. > This happened when I tried to open a png bitmap in Gimp. The bitmap had > been generated using image magic, and showed fine in GQview(a bitmap > viewer) but not in netscape. Anyway, what should I do in such situation? > Is there a CTR+ALT+DEL equivalent under Linux? > As some mentioned, CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE will kill the X server, CTRL-ALT-DELETE does the equivalent of "shutdown -r now". But, in those situations where X is hosed enough that the keyboard is toast, you are left with 2 options: 1) telnet/ssh to the machine from another machine and shut it down. 2) turn the machine off and on (which is bad bad bad, but sometimes you have no choice with Intel machines). I seem to remember a program that used a joystick to signal a shutdown as well, for just those events where the keyboard was toast. === Subject: Re: Penguin key From: "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)" <argathin@gmx.net> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 10:44:17 +0100 On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 11:32:05AM +0200, Gustav Schaffter wrote: [...] > My question: Is the windoze key ever used in Linux? For what? How? I can't tell you about the "how" right now (the Linux box being at home...), but I can certainly tell you about the "what for". My own Unix experience started on Sun Sparc stations and I was used to them for several years before I started using Linux on my PC. One thing I was *really* missing on the PC were the extra modifier keys - the "diamond" or "Meta" keys on the Sun keyboard. I use them (under Window Maker) for all window manager navigation purposes and that way, the "Alt" key stays free for use in applications. Very handy - and that's exactly why I like the Windoze keys, as they can be used as "Meta" as well. As for the third key: I haven't yet decided what to do with it, but I'll find something... :-) Now, if only I could find a decent *black* keyboard with those keys, I might even consider getting rid of my old keyboard... ;-) ===