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I have found a new "how-to-quit-it" challenge for myself in the past weeks. I use minicom to communicate with some devices via serial-over-USB - I also tend to
by not_your_vase 3y ago
I have found a new "how-to-quit-it" challenge for myself in the past weeks.
I use minicom to communicate with some devices via serial-over-USB - I also tend to suspend my machine while there is still an active connection. When I unsuspend my machine, often my serial connection changes address - and minicom complains that it can't communicate anymore. And here comes the challenge: `ctrl-a q` supposed to quit, but not in this state - it stays unresponsive to all combos I try. I literally smash all keys on my keyboard, and then `ctrl-a q` start working again for some reason.
Maybe `ctrl-smash-everything-78-times` is an easter egg... oh well, I guess I will figure it out one day.
- TonyTrapp 3y agoMy personal "how-to-quit-it" challenge was Windows 8. I tried to approach it from the perspective of someone who has previously used Windows but is not a power user knowing shortcuts like Alt + F4 or Ctrl + Alt + Del. In the first Windows 8 versions, it was not obvious at all how to turn off the computer. The classic start menu was gone. The start menu button had no context menu, as far as I can remember. There was no obvious button in the "new" full-screen start menu. I tried quite a few places, I think in the end it took me close to ten minutes to figure out that I had to click on the user profile picture in the new start menu to reach the shutdown option, or something like that. It really was all but obvious. In later updates they improved it a bit.
- noman-land 3y agoThis happens to me with screen. I end up spamming Ctrl-C and Ctrl-D until something positive happens.