How do you force quit?

[zeppelin06]

I know its only alpha and I should expect crashes but none of they key commands to force quit an ubuntu app seem to work in boxee. When it crashes I have to restart the whole computer. Is there a way to force quit boxee and restart it without doing this?

[marcel]

you can try alt+ctrl +F1 , kill the boxee process and return back to the graphics (alt+ctrl+F7)..

[agentlame]

alt-f4 works fine for me...

also i have mapped a command to kill it from my remote.

if you have a lirc-based remote, you can add the following to your ~/.lircrc file:


begin
remote = Snapstream
prog = irexec
button = CLOSE
config = killall -9 Boxee
repeat = 0
delay = 0
end

[jdarnold]

You can also try hitting the TAB or \ key to change Boxee into a windowed app, releasing your mouse and keyboard to use your other windows.

[kayoti]

if you have a lirc-based remote, you can add the following to your ~/.lircrc file:


Hey, I've got my MCEUSB Remote set up and working with Boxee. But I cannot find the file you are talking about '~/.lircrc' to put in a few of my own bindings. Can you steer me in the right direction?

[freedenizen]

Actually I have found that boxee continues to run and even play audio when I exit X. kill -9 doesn't work, only a reboot will get it to stop playing.

[wisenuts]

I usually SSH into the box and do a "killall Boxee"

[gregms]

Actually I have found that boxee continues to run and even play audio when I exit X. kill -9 doesn't work, only a reboot will get it to stop playing.

If Hulu messes up and you just kill Boxee (pkill -9 Boxee), you will still continue to hear audio because the flash player Boxee uses is still running. I wrote a script that kills the processes individually:
pkill -9 bxflplayer-linux*
pkill -9 Boxee
pkill -9 run-boxee-desktop

The (killall -9 Boxee) command might do the same thing, but I haven't tried it.
So my ~/.lircrc file looks like the following:


begin
prog = irexec
button = Power
repeat = 5
config = /usr/local/bin/boxee_close.sh &
end

[bugaboo]

If Hulu messes up and you just kill Boxee (pkill -9 Boxee), you will still continue to hear audio because the flash player Boxee uses is still running. I wrote a script that kills the processes individually:
pkill -9 bxflplayer-linux*
pkill -9 Boxee
pkill -9 run-boxee-desktop

The (killall -9 Boxee) command might do the same thing, but I haven't tried it.
So my ~/.lircrc file looks like the following:


begin
prog = irexec
button = Power
repeat = 5
config = /usr/local/bin/boxee_close.sh &
end


Great tip. My setup is a dedicated HTPC and does auto login and Boxee. I run irexec out of rc.local and also "pkill -9 Xorg" in the close script. This let's the rest of my house reset the tv with a push of a button. Cheers.