Re: comment about Linux
On 13 Sep 1997, Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
> dada <dada@psynet.net> writes:
>
> > Hi....
> >
> > Is true that I never lose control on my linux box, but some times I lose
> > control in my X-Windows and I must restart the X. Is that usual?
> >
> > I supose that's due to use some aplications. But if this is true, why I
> > lose control on all aplications that I'm using?
>
> Some application (especially Motif-ones) sometimes grab all mouse and
> keyboard event (e.g. when you select a submenu). If the application
> (or the widget library) forgets to correctly release the grab you will
> be unable to do anything with X-Window System, including switching to
> other terminals using ctrl-alt-f<x> and zapping X11 using ctrl-alt-bs.
>
> The only solution is a terminal attached to your computer, some people
> use their calculators (the better TI and HP ones) for this purpose.
> You can also use another computer in a local network to remote login
> into your machine.
I believe there is also a program out there that will allow you to kill
the xserver or shut down cleanly with your joystick. Of course I suppose
that could get grabbed as well by some apps.
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