Re: identifying failed processes

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 13:22:06 +0100, 
Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 200311091322.06834.richard@the-place.net>:

> Once in a while, something causes Xwindows to freeze.  My
> simple-minded response is to ctl-alt-F2, ps -e, then guess which
> process might have done it and kill pid, ps -e again to see if it
> died, kill -9 if not, then alt-F7 to see if the problem is cured. 
> Then do it all again until problem solved.  After a few iterations, I
> am usually killing whole families of processes, and eventually
> everything from xinit onward.  This is an ignorant mess, I'm the first
> to admit.
> 
> Is there a way to identify which process was running at the point of
> failure, so as to cull the guilty and spare the innocent?

..top?  'man top' for details.

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