Re: Kill a process that refuses to die?
Try killall -9 `pidof enjoympeg`
~Tom W
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, lists1 wrote:
> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:34:51 -0400
> From: lists1 <lists1@pilosoft.net>
> Reply-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Kill a process that refuses to die?
> Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:51:18 -0500 (CDT)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> What can I do to kill a process that refuses to be killed?
>
> I have enjoympeg running, with kde as the window manager. On video files that
> need a newer codec, which I don't have installed, the video fails to show on
> the screen, but enjoympeg shows as running under top. There are 3 or 4
> processes running, consecutively, and attempting to kill the one with the
> highest cpu utilization fails, and scrolling down to the enjoympeg processes
> with low cpu utilization, getting those process ids, and attempting to kill
> them as well results in no joy.
>
> I have attempted to kill the processes repeatedly, as the user who started
> enjoympeg, and as root, and all attempts fail. I have even shutdown all
> other gui windows and applications, and attempted to restart the X server,
> all to no avail.
>
> Short of rebooting, is there any other method I can use to kill the process
> which is using over 90% of the cpu time, according to top?
>
> There are no gui windows showing enjoympeg. The frozen video window (that
> didn't show the video because of lack of new codecs or other problems)
> disappeared when I restarted the X server, and the window that shows volume
> and video position disappeared when I shut it down as the first thing I did
> when the video failed to play.
>
> TIA.
>
> Bing.
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