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On Saturday 23 Jul 2011 14:31:23 Todd Goodman wrote: |
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> * Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> [110723 09:21]: |
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> > On 21 July 2011, at 19:48, Dale wrote: |
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> > > ... |
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> > > I would try to kill it as root. The -9 option should work. That |
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> > > hasn't failed me yet. I always run kill commands as root and DOUBLE |
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> > > check the PID after typing it in. |
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> > I believe that `kill -9` is bad practice - doesn't it leave memory |
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> > allocated to the processes as unrecoverable or something? |
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> > I believe other signals should be attempted first. See the list in `man |
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> > kill`. I won't swear to it, but `kill -4` sounds right. |
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> > Stroller. |
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> No, a kill -9 shouldn't leave memory allocated. |
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> However, it is best to try other signals first because it gives the app |
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> a chance to clean up before closing (if they handle the signals.) But |
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> that's also why they don't necessarily work. |
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> SIGHUP (kill -1) is the first thing I generally try. Depending on the |
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> app I may try SIGQUIT (kill -15) but generally it's straight to kill -9 |
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> if the kill -1 doesn't work. |
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> Todd |
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Thanks, I tried kill -15 first and then kill -9. I also tried pkill, killall, |
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but I got no response from firefox and run out of ideas. |
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What does kill -4 do? What is ILL? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |