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Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to clients.

Xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to clients. This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting programs that have displayed undesired windows on a user's screen.

If no resource identifier is given with -id, xkill will display a special cursor as a prompt for the user to select a window to be killed. If a pointer button is pressed over a non-root window, the server will close its connection to the client that created the window.

Source:xkill Linux man page

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What is the equivalent of xkill on wayland?

Xkill is a utility program distributed with the X Window System that instructs the X server to forcefully terminate its connection to a client, thus "killing" the client.[1] When run with no command line arguments, the program displays a special…
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How to restart alt+f2 dialog in kde after xkill?

The dialog that appears when I press Alt+F2 froze (what is it called? minicli?), I then proceeded to kill it by clicking it after running the command xkill, this was the message: xkill: killing creator of resource 0x240017b I then tried…
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I accidentally used xkill on my desktop - how can I get it back?

I ran xkill to force quit Chrome, and I clicked my desktop. The icons disappeared. Is there a command that will get them back? I'd rather not restart. I'm using GNOME and GDM.
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What does xkill mean and do?

I found xkill on dashboard and my pointer turned into an "x" sign on clicking it. It doesn't change back when I press Esc. What does this "x" sign stand for and what does it do?
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Why can't I kill a terminal window with xkill in Wayland?

When I run xkill in terminal a X (cross sign) appears which seems to kill that GUI process (application) on which it is hovered and clicked. I expect the same behavior for GNOME Terminal (since in my understanding it is also a GUI application). But…
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xkill-ed my desktop

I was doing xkill In a terminal window to close a non responsive program but clicked my Desktop instead of my program now all the icons and everything are gone, and restarting didn't fix it. What the hell did I do, and how do I fix it?
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Alt+F2 not showing xkill on Ubuntu 18.04

After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, I can't find xkill on pressing Alt+F2. Instead it shows a message box with a text-field titled as Enter a Command. How can I find xkill on Ubuntu 18.04 and what is the purpose of this new window?
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How to kill a program?

How I can kill a program corectlly? Because when I use xkill very often it's closed incorectlly. Scenario: I have a game, game lags, I can't close it normally, im forced, to use forced kill, in this scenario xkill should be good but when I close a…
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Adding a xkill icon in gnome-shell's dock

First of all, sorry for my English. I'm trying to add an icon in the gnome-shell's dock (with Ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10) for the command line app xkill, but it doesn't work, since it is a terminal application. But if I create the menu entry as a…
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Similar to xkill for mir

xkill is a command I almost use everyday. That's because my PC is quite crappy [a 10' chilli GREEN netbook NEO XP made in Holland (even if I'm in Greece), with 1 GB ram memory and 2 Intel Atom cores and poor 3d acceleration]. I recently installed…
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Has the "xkill" command been replaced or removed entirely in Ubuntu 18.04?

I am curious if the Alt + F2 xkill command has been replaced by something similar, or if it has been removed entirely. I know we can use other methods to stop processes, I'm just curious.
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Sending SIGSTOP or SIGCONT signals graphically (similar to xkill)

Question Do you know any tool/script to send SIGSTOP (to pause a process) or SIGCONT (to resume it) to a process by clicking on a graphical window generated by the process? Some context There is already a tool called xkill which kills programs by…
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Unity Desktop "freezes" but can be recovered with xkill

I'm running 16.04 with Unity desktop enviro, and periodically my desktop environment looses responsiveness. It often happens when I open Blender, Krita, Cura, and many other apps (just did it now when I opened the Calculator!) The mouse still…
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What can I do when Ubuntu is stuck?

I used to work with window in the past, and when Windows was stuck (cursor doesn't move or respond to clicks, for example), I could just clicked Ctrl+Alt+Delete, open the task manager and end the task that causes the OS to stuck. Unfortunately, this…
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Xkill command renders wine useless

I play Skyrim on a Ubuntu 16.04. Every once in a while the game freezes so I searched online for a solution. I discovered the Xkill command from the terminal. When I use this command, Wine won't open any more programs, even those not Skyrim. If you…
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