Comment 21 for bug 388547

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 <email address hidden>

> 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
>