Ubuntu 16.04 – get stuck in full screen

Question

I’m using a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04, on an LG laptop which is quite old, which happens to get “stucked” in full screen mode when running programs ( for example -VNC Viewer, imageViewer ).

PC is not FROZEN since mouse moves OK but I can’t get out from full screen mode- which ends with hard shutdown.

Any known reasons for that ?
Is there any key combination as CTRL+ALT+DEL in Ms-Windows for such situations ?

In VNC Viewer, did you try hitting to get the toolbar and disabling fullscreen mode there? — dessert, Oct 12 '17 at 07:46
You might want to have a look here: What are Unity's keyboard and mouse shortcuts? + to close a window and + to switch between windows may help you. — dessert, Oct 12 '17 at 07:48
@dessert I even pressed on X at VNC's tab to close connection with no luck. — guyd, Oct 12 '17 at 07:57
It seems to me that when I do vncviewer -fullscreen that no keyboard input has any effect. My current solution is to login & kill the vncserver :-(. — copper.hat, Aug 20 '18 at 19:54
@copper.hat well it is one way- hopes that there is less aggressive way — guyd, Aug 20 '18 at 20:01
Even though the mouse pointer can be moved, the methods in various answers to What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? apply to this situation. See also How to fix non-responsive Ubuntu system? — Eliah Kagan, Aug 23 '19 at 14:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '19 at 11:42

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I encounter the same issue. I entered ctrl+alt+f2 which took me to the logger page and then i hit ctrl+alt+del and all of a sudden my laptop restarted.

answered Aug 23 '19 at 11:42

Hemanshu Thakker

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Ubuntu 16.04 – get stuck in full screen

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