Questions tagged [xkill]
Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to clients.
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Why can't I kill a terminal window with xkill in Wayland?
When I run xkill in terminal a X (cross sign) appears which seems to kill that GUI process (application) on which it is hovered and clicked. I expect the same behavior for GNOME Terminal (since in my ...
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I accidentally used xkill on my desktop - how can I get it back?
I ran xkill to force quit Chrome, and I clicked my desktop. The icons disappeared.
Is there a command that will get them back? I'd rather not restart.
I'm using GNOME and GDM.
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How to kill a program?
How I can kill a program corectlly?
Because when I use xkill very often it's closed incorectlly.
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I have a game, game lags, I can't close it normally, im forced, to use forced kill, in ...
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Kill a specific window, but not the entire suite of windows belonging to one program?
Currently using KDE.
I'd like a shortcut that's able to kill a window, but not all windows of the same process.
For example, right now I'm using xkill to kill windows using the mouse. I love it, but ...