On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 03:06:07 -0700, "PENA FAMILY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am writing from my old HP running WindowsME since my computer room which > houses Mac, Linux, and Windows is next to my grandmother visiting from > Michigan makes too much room and wakes her up. > > My question is recently KMail is been giving me trouble. I started of > sending and receiving just fine and then when I send or reply to someone's > post it locks up with the message "getting to contact server" or something > like that. > > Then it locks up. I use the "KILL" to shut it off. My question which is more > out of curiosity rather than answer to my problem. When I KILL KMail after > it locks up why can't I relaunch it without having to reboot? Second > question am I doing it correctly by using the "KILL" command or should I be > using something else instead when a program locks up? > > All comments and suggestions are welcomed.
Some particularly stubborn apps don't respond properly to a kill command. Try "killall -9 kmail". Then run "ps ux" to see if it's still there. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
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