RE: why cant i kill processes?
Well, kill does NOT kill processes only, it is used to send signals to
processes. In that sense, the process, if programmed so, can simply choose to
ignore the signal. When you type kill -9, you send the actual KILL signal,
which cannot be caught and ignored.
>===== Original Message From Jason Martens <me@jasonmartens.com> =====
>ognjen Bezanov wrote:
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>>HI all,
>>
>>I have a laptop running debian testing with 2.6.8 custom-kernel, and ive
>>noticed that sometimes i cannot exit from applications (e.g. xine).
>>clicking on the close button does nothing, but the application does not
>>seem to stop responding (i.e. is basically ignores the request to close)
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>>now if i go to bash and type kill <pid> the process does not get
>>terminated, it just continues as if i didnt kill it, also the "kill"
>>command does not return an error, as far as its concerned everythings
>>ok. also killall <process> does not work, but also does not give any
>>errors.
>>
>>Usually the only thing i can do is restart, and i dont want to have to
>>keep restarting the pc every time i type a document, watch a film or
>>listen to music.
>>
>>is it normal for processes not to be able to be terminated, i was under
>>the impression that i could terminate any process i want to (except the
>>ones that are vital for the system not to lock up) using the "kill"
>>command, whats going on?
>>
>>
>>
>Sometimes if the process is hung, you need to use extra force. Try
>"kill -9 pid". Note, this should only be used as a last resort.
>
>Jason
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