I believe we should have some global shortcut, like Ctrl + Alt + Del on Windows, that calls a task manager to allow the user to kill the problematic process.
2012/10/8 Matt Pharoah <388...@bugs.launchpad.net> > This is extremely annoying when a fullscreen application crashes. Your > average user who doesn't know about the Ctrl+Alt+PrntScrn+K and > Ctrl+Alt+F1 tricks will assume that the operating system crashed which > is about the most significant usability issue you could possibly have. > > And even for the experienced user, you either have to > Ctrl+Alt+PrntScrn+K back to the login screen and have all your > applications terminate, or you have to go to a fullscreen shell, > terminate the process, exit the shell, and return to X. All just because > some user application entered an infinite loop. Bad, bad, bad design. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388547 > > Title: > Volume keys don't work inside a full-screen game > > Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: > Confirmed > Status in X.Org X server: > Unknown > Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > When I'm playing games in fullscreen mode, I cannot change the volume > (laptop, HP tx2115nr with Jaunty) using my notebook keys. It's not > possible to use my Play/Pause/Stop hotkeys (right side of my screen). > > I would like to change my volume without have to exit the game. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/388547/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388547 Title: Volume keys don't work inside a full-screen game To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/388547/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
