what is the shortcut to force a logout?

Question

I am using the alpha 2 version of 11.10 and the keyboard options there do not have an option to force a logout.

Can you tell me the keyboard shortcut so i can add it myself?

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 12 '12 at 20:37

When I have this problem, I simply Ctrl + Alt + F2 into a terminal, log in, and type

killall -u  [username] gnome-session

This will basically kill all of your processes and log you out. If you want to logout all users at the same time in this manner, then you leave out the -u [username] part.

I guess you could create a new keyboard shortcut that runs this command. The only problem with this that I can forsee is if the freeze-up is because of gnome itself. Then it may not recognize the shortcut.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '11 at 23:32

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It seems that the latest update added an "options" menu on the keyboard preferences-->layouts that lets me activate the "control-alt-delete" shortcut like before. Or it might have always been there and i missed it.

answered Jul 21 '11 at 23:32

Chriskin

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 02 '15 at 07:09

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Ctrl+Alt+F1

Log-in

Then run this command on Terminal: killall -u USERNAME

It worked for me.

edited Jul 02 '15 at 07:09

answered Jul 02 '15 at 05:59

CyanGoddess

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score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 14 '12 at 10:30

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You can open Keyboard shortcuts and create a new shortcut. Run the command killall -u yourusername gnome-session.

edited Feb 14 '12 at 10:30

jokerdino

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answered Jul 22 '11 at 00:00

Jo-Erlend Schinstad

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 03 '15 at 17:23

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You can enable CtrlAltBackspace in the keyboard options this kills the x server and will probably work even if CtrlAltDelete does not.

edited Jul 03 '15 at 17:23

A.B.

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answered Feb 14 '12 at 11:20

robin0800

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 02 '15 at 11:29

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Surprised that no one mentioned sudo service lightdm restart

answered Jul 02 '15 at 11:29

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

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score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Jul 02 '15 at 08:42

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I would imagine this is the same as 11.04 (or possibly it's just that I'm running Gnome 3), but Ctrl+Alt+Del brings up a box allowing me to logout.

edited Jul 02 '15 at 08:42

answered Jul 12 '11 at 21:01

tgm4883

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what is the shortcut to force a logout?

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