Xkill doesn't work. [Solved]

[Mauser]

I just noticed that Xkill doesn't work. When I hit Ctrl + Alt + Esc I get no response. I have not changed any of the settings for Xkill. Does anyone know the fix for it?

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 [6.1.76-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-18-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
    resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=29446144
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_x64 Libretto October 15  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450 AORUS ELITE serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: F64a date: 02/17/2022
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 2 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 768 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x64 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2171 high: 2200 min/max: 2200/3700 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2191 2: 2091 3: 2200 4: 2194 5: 2192 6: 2184
    7: 2193 8: 2186 9: 2194 10: 2017 11: 2190 12: 2189 13: 2168 14: 2169 15: 2193 16: 2193
    bogomips: 118169
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Baffin [Radeon RX 550 640SP / 560/560X] vendor: XFX Pine driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 8 ports: active: DVI-D-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67ff
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 52.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1476x830 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 391x220mm (15.39x8.66") s-diag: 449mm (17.66")
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 mapped: DVI-D-0 model: Acer S271HL serial: <filter> built: 2019
    res: 1477x831 hz: 60 dpi: 63 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 550 Series (polaris11 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM
    3.49 6.1.0-18-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / 560/560X] vendor: XFX Pine
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 07:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aae0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-18-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wg-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 22.3 TiB used: 6.52 TiB (29.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 model: PCIe SSD size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: ECFM22.9 temp: 28.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 8TB size: 7.28 TiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HUS728T8TALE6L4 size: 7.28 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: W414 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: SanDisk model: ST8000DM004-2CX188 size: 7.28 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter>
    rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 475.68 GiB size: 467.14 GiB (98.21%) used: 44.53 GiB (9.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-<filter>
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%) used: 281.7 MiB (28.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 250 MiB size: 246.1 MiB (98.46%) used: 415 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-4: /home raw-size: 7.28 TiB size: 7.22 TiB (99.20%) used: 6.48 TiB (89.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 253:1 mapped: luks-<filter>
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 28.39 GiB used: 1.8 MiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 283
Repos:
  Packages: 2377 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2364 libs: 1240
    tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,gnome-software,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 13
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.librewolf.net bookworm main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 388 Uptime: 2d 8h 16m wakeups: 1 Memory: 23.39 GiB used: 10.63 GiB (45.4%)
  Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0
  alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[dolphin_oracle]

only thing I can think is to make sure the keyboard shortcut is still defined in Keyboard->Application Shortcuts

[MXRobo]

Ditto -DO
Does xkill itself not work, or doesn't xkill open?
If it's the later, (but I'm on MX-21.3 Xfce), it's in Keyboard → Application Shortcuts - Ctrl + Alt + Esc.

[Mauser]

I see it in Settings > Keyboard and when I check in Edit in the Command box it says xkill. I don't know anything about it's path. When I hit Ctrl + Alt + Esc on the keyboard it does absolutely nothing. No response what so ever.

[MXRobo]

I'm stating the obvious, but….

Is " Ctrl + Alt + Esc" listed as the shortcut?
Obviously, if not, re-enter it as the command.
Could you have overridden it by using it for another Keyboard → Application Shortcuts recently?
Or Window Manager → Keyboard → Shortcut? Recently.

Maybe delete it from Keyboard → Application Shortcuts and then re-enter it as the shortcut.

Are one of those keys dead?
OK – now I'm really reaching.

Good Luck!

[siamhie]

Does it work from a terminal?

[Mauser]

I'm stating the obvious, but….

Is " Ctrl + Alt + Esc" listed as the shortcut?
Obviously, if not, re-enter it as the command.
Could you have overridden it by using it for another Keyboard → Application Shortcuts recently?
Or Window Manager → Keyboard → Shortcut? Recently.

Maybe delete it from Keyboard → Application Shortcuts and then re-enter it as the shortcut.

Are one of those keys dead?
OK – now I'm really reaching.

Good Luck!

For me when it comes to working with software it's not obvious for me. While I usually build my own desktop computers I am not good with software. I am good with hardware but horrible with working with software. I will give it a try. "Is " Ctrl + Alt + Esc" listed as the shortcut?" I hope I am following what you are saying correctly. In Settings > Keyboard it's listed in there.

"Could you have overridden it by using it for another Keyboard → Application Shortcuts recently?" No, because as I stated earlier that I haven't changed anything. I have a verified MX Linux ISO I installed which I had originally issues downloading a good copy of MX Linux that the hash matches which I posted that issue here months ago that was resolved.
"Maybe delete it from Keyboard → Application Shortcuts and then re-enter it as the shortcut." No, since I have not troubled it.

Your reaching is good because you might be onto something. "Are one of those keys dead?" Since I don't use keyboard shortcuts I don't know the answer to that question. If I hit only Ctrl nothing happens, if I hit only Alt I get a response, if I hit Esc I get no response. Is there a way to check these keys if they are working properly or not?

[Mauser]

Does it work from a terminal?

I don't know because I could never figure out how to use the terminal and I am going all the way back to 1981. I have had many bad experience with the terminal. How do I do that?

[Charlie Brown]

Yes, there are many ways to test.

Simply copy something (say this sentence) with Ctrl + C then paste to somewhere .. Next time use the other Ctrl key.

Probably one is not pressing (working).


(Or in a terminal issue xev then press it , then the other one, observe if it senses it/them )

[Mauser]

Yes, there are many ways to test.

Simply copy something (say this sentence) with Ctrl + C then paste to somewhere .. Next time use the other Ctrl key.

Probably one is not pressing (working).


(Or in a terminal issue xev then press it , then the other one, observe if it senses it/them )

Thanks. It seems some of the keys on my keyboard don't work.