[NBLUG/talk] Newbie questions :-)

[Mark Greeott]

jgarden2000 at juno.com wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm a relatively new Linux convert and former Windows power user. I
> jumped into Linux with both feet about a month ago and am having a blast.
> :-) I've got a 2.4 GHz dual-boot machine currently running both Knoppix
> and SuSE (you're a real Linux geek if you're dual-booting multiple Linux
> distros, hehe).
> 
> A finally basic questions:
> 
> If a full-screen application (like some of the games) locks up, (or at
> least appears to lock up either because I can't find the right keystrokes
> or it doesn't like my keyboard) how can I force-quit if I can't get to
> xkill? I know how to get back to the root console, but don't know what to
> do next other than try going to runlevel 3 and then back to runlevel 5,
> and to reboot if that doesn't work.
> 
> Second, when I pull up a man page from the console (say, "man kill"), how
> do I get out of it other than just killing the console? (Not a good thing
> if you pull up a man page from the root console.)

<ctrl><alt><backspace> Will restart the Xserver and to get out of a man 
page just press the q key.