how to recover from CTRL+ALT+F1

[g.]

Hi,

sometimes my plasma hangs, the only think I can do is to type CTRL+ALT+F1 and reboot the PC.

Is there a *smarter* way to recover from such kind of hangs?, can I only restart the graphic interface without rebooting?

Thanks in advance,
g.

[lmilano]

Re: how to recover from CTRL+ALT+F1

Yes, you can use [ctrl][alt][backspace]

But first you need to enable this:

sudo apt-get install dontzap
sudo dontzap --disable

You may Google "ubuntu dontZap" for more. Note that disabling notZap is enabling "Zap" (restarting X with that sequence).

[Rog131]

Re: how to recover from CTRL+ALT+F1

If only the Plasma is hanging:

Press ALt + F2, start the Konsole with the command: konsole

Stop the plasma (konsole):

kquitapp plasma

Restart the plasma:

plasma

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