On Thursday 22 Jun 2006 16:27, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > For processes that won't die with a regular kill, go to the command line > and do: > > kill -9 <pid>... > > A regular kill asks the process to shut itself down, but if it's hung, it > wont' respond. The -9 option tells the system to shut the process down > without asking it. This almost always works, though I have had the rare > time when I've had to reboot to kill a really stubborn process. Shouldn't > happen, but nothing's perfect. > > Ron
Hi Ron, Thanks for that little pearl of wisdom, that can be written in the little black book of Linux commands, for future reference! Tried it a few times on this one, and still no joy..... looks like I'm gonna have to shut down while I go for dinner! Many thanks, James -- Sent using Kmail on Mandriva Linux 2006 100% virus free, as it's nothing to do with Microsoft! "In a world without walls, we don't need Windows & Gates" #mount /dev/woman /mnt/bed!! ****************************************************** UK Amateur Radio Station, Callsign M0TJC Icom IC-2700H 2m/70cm Mobile Philips MX294 2m Philips MX296 70cm Pye Olympic 4m ******************************************************* 16:46:29 up 2:09, 1 user, load average: 5.20, 5.59, 5.74 ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
