Whoa -9 and -hup do * not * do the same thing.
-9 is a kill all with no graceful shutdown. -HUP is a restart, -1 is a graceful shutdown. On Nov 24, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > Hi Eric and Nic, > > Thanks much -- the -9 seems to cause a restart, hence appears to have the > identical affect of the -hup parm. > > On Nov 24, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> True enough. -HUP accomplishes the same thing, though, but of course the >> parameters mean something different. I always just use -9 to ensure it >> actually quits, and it's just as efficient in the long-run. And, it's less >> parameters to type. >> >> Regards, >> ic >> GoogleTalk: [email protected] >> Facebook >> Twitter >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: [email protected] >> Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 >> AIM: cincinster >> >> On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >>> the killall command works. -9 will simply force it to quit. I prefer the >>> use of killall -HUP VoiceOver as it forces a reset of voiceover without >>> going through all the issues of restarting it via keystrokes. btw, you >>> must capitalize the V and the O otherwise it will not find the process name. >>> >>> -Eric >>> >>> On Nov 24, 2010, at 1:53 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> I meant to reply to one of Nic's recent posts, but deleted it. He >>>> suggested that if VO goes silent one could enter terminal into spotlight >>>> and then enter -- I forget the exact command but believe it was killallall >>>> -9 voiceover. >>>> >>>> I tried this with and without the extra "all" and also tried inserting a >>>> space between the two alls, but only receive a message that no matching >>>> processes were found. >>>> >>>> I'd like to get this right in case I do experience a vo crash. May not >>>> have recalled the parm Nic mentioned, but I did use the one he specified >>>> (which may not have been -9). >>>> >>>> TIA for any clarification, and best regards. >>>> Geoff >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
