focus stuck to one window

[Javier Perez]

init 4 is not working (systemd?) I am killing X and it works, but it should
not be happening in the first place!

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com>wrote:

> Ranjan Maitra writes:
>
>  On Sun, 4 Nov 2012 19:24:56 -0500 Sam Varshavchik
>> <mrsam at courier-mta.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Joe Zeff writes:
>> >
>> > > On 11/04/2012 03:06 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Execute 'init 4' to kill X. Then, you may need to press CTRL-ALT-F1,
>> or
>> > >> some other CTRL-ALT-Fx to go back to the console, log in, if
>> necessary,
>> > >> and execute 'init 5' to restart X.
>> > >
>> > > Init 4?  Shouldn't that be 3?
>> >
>> > Not necessarily. init 4 will work just fine.
>> >
>>
>> I have had this happen once in a long while. I end up killing the
>> window in focus (ctrl-d) and it seems to go back to normal after that.
>>
>> Is this not a possibility?
>>
>
> Whatever works. I don't remember, but maybe once or twice I was able to
> regain control of the desktop, that way. But, more often than not, kicking
> X was the only way out.
>
>
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