kill -9 sends SIGKILL to a process which, I believe, is unignorable. At
least it's rarely ignorable.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Can't shut down a session of Netscape. The Netscape window has no content.
> I can minimize it and make it full screen, but close does not work. I
> killed the xterm from which I started the session. I tried to kill the
> thread, but nothing happens.
>
> Here's the thread info:
>
> process number 21005
> TTY ?
> status S
> Time 121:23 [sic!]
> address: /opt/... [etc.]
>
> I can start another Netscape session, and it works fine.
>
> Haines Brown
