[lug] How to open menu in gnome/kde

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Monday 09 December 2002 05:11 pm, Andrew R. Diederich wrote:
> On 9 Dec 2002, Ed Hill wrote:
> > As root, running
> >
> >   telinit 3
> >
> > will put you in runlevel 3 which should kill all X windows completely.
> > At that point you can, if you want, edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> > (the name under RH/KRUD 7.3 -- may be different in RH/KRUD 8) file by
> > hand or using some other tool.
> >
> > Running
> >
> >   telinit 5
> >
> > will put you back in runlevel 5 and will re-start the X server with
> > any new config info that you've set.
>
> Thanks Ed.  I hadn't thought of that.  I did figure out that the right
> CTRL-ALT-BS works better than the left version for killing the X server.
>
> I figure there must be a keyboard shortcut for getting that menu open.
> I'd be chagrined if MS Windows has better keyboard navigation support
> than gnome and KDE!

I think that Alt-F1 give the KDE menu as a popup.

Michael