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how to close a app that isn't responding

Asked by darkmetal on 2007-10-16

I was wondering .. in windows when a program isn't responding you do a alt control delete it closes the program.. What do you do in ubuntu to get something that can stop the not responding program like in windows?

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: Ubuntu Edit question

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Solved by:: danielgd

Solved:: 2007-10-16

Last query:: 2007-10-16

Last reply:: 2007-10-16

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gletob (gletob) said on 2007-10-16:

You can hit the close window button it will tell you the program is not respondin will you wait or foce quit or go to a panel right click add to panel and add force quit click that when a program stop responding and then click the program

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said on 2007-10-16:

Open a terminal and type

xkill

You will get a little X cursor. Click on the app you want to kill and poof it's gone. There may be other ways but that one works well for me.

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darkmetal (lil-punk-skater) said on 2007-10-16:

what if it freezes so much that you can't even get to that?

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Jon Ramvi (ramvi) said on 2007-10-16:

When the whole screen / gnome / everything is frozen, a driver has probably screwed up. I experience this problem with the ATI driver fglrx.
You will have to reboot if this occurs.