> Boot the machine down to runlevel 1 (single user) and try it again.... > without X and gnome running it might act differently > > Does your other control key make any difference? > > ---------- > From: Harald Thingelstad[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 26 June 2000 8:22 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Ctrl-C and normal kill doesn't work. > > This frustrating little problem... > > When having a running process, ctrl-c or kill doesn't work on my system. > You have to use kill -9. > ...
Thanks! It was gnome. (slink version, marked experimental, for those of you not following.) Didn't think window-manager-stuff could have anything to do with the basic system utilities. Now running icewm *without* gnome. Harald -- Philosophy, law, medicine and even theology, alas! I studied everything with an ardent will and here I am, poor fool, just as far behind as ever. No more advanced than before. Goethe - Faust