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05 Jan 2009, 3:21 am

In Windows to close an unstable program you type Control-Alt-Delete to open up Task Manager and close an unstable program or restart an unstable computer. What do you do to do the same thing in Ubuntu & Linux Mint.

I already got a dpkg error when linux mint become unstable during a synaptic package and I restarted the computer thinking it was unstable. Now I can't install any programs in linux ubtil I fix the dpkg error.

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05 Jan 2009, 4:35 am

Control + Alt + Backspace will kill X.
In gnome the system monitor will let you select an application to terminate.
If you're in the terminal, use killall [app]
There are also the Magic SysRq keys. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

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05 Jan 2009, 4:39 am

are you asking how to kill or end a program? if you are, you can type xkill in the terminal. The cursor should then turn to an X. From there you just click on program that froze and it will close.

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05 Jan 2009, 1:10 pm

Dokken wrote:

What if the computer is completely frozen besides for the fact that you can use caps-lock.

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