Suppressing "reopen windows" dialog when restarting a crashed program

Hi All,
Is there any way of suppressing the alert dialog that pops up when restarting a crashed program? The alert's text reads:
"The last time you opened <app name>, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again?"
I want the OS to just open the program without asking me this, since the computer is being used in a kiosk-type application.
Thanks,
c.

Yes, I still have access to the keyboard for a tty. It's just that X doesn't respond to any keyboard inputs.
I totally didn't know that you could run stuff on an X display from a tty. Worked with env DISPLAY=:0.0 xeyes
I think this is the most elegant solution.
The Ctrl+Alt+Bksp can no longer be activated with Option "DontZap" "false". There is a way to re-enable it with HAL or a setting in KDE/Gnome keyboard layout settings. It still kills everything in the X session though.
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