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| From: | Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox! | ||
| Date: | Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:50:24 | ||
| Message-Id: | 5D6E7F56-ECB8-418D-82A4-71AE03731F92@stellar.eclipse.co.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox! by Dale |
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| 1 | On 21 July 2011, at 19:48, Dale wrote: |
| 2 | > ... |
| 3 | > I would try to kill it as root. The -9 option should work. That hasn't failed me yet. I always run kill commands as root and DOUBLE check the PID after typing it in. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | I believe that `kill -9` is bad practice - doesn't it leave memory allocated to the processes as unrecoverable or something? |
| 6 | |
| 7 | I believe other signals should be attempted first. See the list in `man kill`. I won't swear to it, but `kill -4` sounds right. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Stroller. |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox! | Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net> |