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Date:      Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:48:47 -0500
From:      Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: KDE process is unkillable
Message-ID:  <20030715204847.GS60879@freshaire.wiz.com>
In-Reply-To: <10321.1058300940@www21.gmx.net>
References:  <20030715201215.GA24697@lothlorien.nagual.st> <10321.1058300940@www21.gmx.net>

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On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:29:00PM +0200, daniela5743@gmx.net wrote:
> > On 15 Jul daniela5743@gmx.net wrote:
> > > I tried it multiple times. I was able to kill all the other KDE
> > > related processes (even the parent), but this one just doesn't die.
> > 
> > Then kill (-9) the login session itself (the one kde came from in the
> > first place)
> > 
> > And if that too does not help: a home server is very easely rebooted.
> > Nobody will notice or at least hardly..
> 
> Thanks for the advice, but I really don't want to kick my users off.
> If it is really necessary, I want to get a core dump before rebooting.
> Do you know how I could do this?
> 
> I'm trying to install lsof, but it takes forever (KDE takes up all the CPU
> time).

Try nicing the process with nice or try stopping it with a SIGTSTP.

Marc
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Marc Wiz
marc@wiz.com
Yes, that really is my last name.



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