Re: [SLUG] recovering from crash

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Sun Mar 28 2010 - 10:18:37 EST

On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, Ron Youvan wrote:

> Eben King wrote:
>> I use xfce. */snip*
>> Is there a way to kick or replace the
>> window manager without losing all my unsaved work in X?
>
>> Scratch that. This works:
>
>> Find xfwm4 and kill it OR run "killall xfwm4"
>> Run: "DISPLAY=:0 xfwm4 &"
>
> In "enlightenment that forgotten window manager," there is a
> "restart enlightenment" item on the main menu that does that.
> About the only problem I have is the "alt+tab" menus get stuck
> at the front of the view. Slackware.

If it hangs like xfce does, I can't access the menus either. :-(

Maybe there's a command to do whatever that menu item does. 

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