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Join Date: Sep 2000
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I've been having some trouble recently with applications refusing to quit, even after attempting to force quit and using the "kill" terminal command. Parts of the system start locking up and I can't kill or restart the processes.
Is there a way to recover from this or is a forced reboot the only solution?
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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Originally posted by Gabriel Morales:
I've been having some trouble recently with applications refusing to quit, even after attempting to force quit and using the "kill" terminal command. Parts of the system start locking up and I can't kill or restart the processes.
Is there a way to recover from this or is a forced reboot the only solution?
kill -9 process number carries a little more weight than just kill. Give that one a try. 
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"In Nomine Patris, Et Fili, Et Spiritus Sancti"
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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Originally posted by [APi]TheMan:
kill -9 process number carries a little more weight than just kill. Give that one a try.
Going from years old memories...
kill -4 would be defined as a little more weight
kill -15 would be even more weight
kill -9 would be a piano dropping from the heavens and crashing down of the program.
Saying it carries a little more weight is ... an understatement.
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Originally posted by khufuu:
Going from years old memories...
kill -4 would be defined as a little more weight
kill -15 would be even more weight
kill -9 would be a piano dropping from the heavens and crashing down of the program.
Saying it carries a little more weight is ... an understatement.
Well it looks like there's the definitive answer. But pianos dropping from the heavens? We're just killing processes that we don't want running afterall... I always skip straight to -9.
Good to know though, khufuu.
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kill -4 would be defined as a little more weight
kill -15 would be even more weight
kill -9 would be a piano dropping from the heavens and crashing down of the program.
I have a problem here, folks. I wasn't able to kill an offending app using any of these commands.
For example, I type:
kill -9 481
and nothing!
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Are you the owner of the process?
Try:
sudo kill -9 481
When prompted, enter the password for your administrator account
Wade
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