Most linux distros include a program called 'killall', which allows you to kill processes by name, not pid. Soundmodem seems to not always exit when I've run it too, so 'killall soundmodem' has been added to the end of the script I use to run things.
$0.02 de KC0TFB On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:12:31AM -0300, Murry wrote: > I used "top" and saw that soundmodem was still running. Did a "kill" and > its gone. > Do I have to do this every time or was I doing an improper shutdown. > > Murry > > > > Curt, WE7U wrote: > >On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Murry wrote: > > > >>Soundmodem and Xastir are working fine now. > >>My question now is, why is my soundcard no longer accessable after I > >>shut down Xastir and Soundmodem in their terminals? > >>I tried to use QSSTV and also tried FLDigi but could not access the > >>soundcard. > >>Had to restart the computer. > > > >Do a "ps aux | grep -i sound" or "ps aux | grep -i modem" to see if > >any soundmodem process is still running. If so, "kill" it by "kill > >PID" where "PID" is the process ID you found from the "ps" command. > > > >You can also find and kill it with "top". > > > >I doubt it's an xastir process that's doing it to you, but you can > >check for that with "ps aux | grep xastir". > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
