Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:55:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> To: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@threespace.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: runaway processes Message-ID: <XFMail.980722115529.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980722102826.5085D-100000@shell1.cybercom.net>
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The Netscape process can be killed with a "kill -9 pid". It's a problem with the Java portion of Netscape. If you turn off Java, you probably won't have the runaway any more. Patrick On 22-Jul-98 The Classiest Man Alive wrote: > Is there any way to kill a runaway user process that seems impervious to > the "kill" command? In particular, the latest versions of Netscape > Communicator seem prone to running rampant, leaving behind processes that > consume 90+ percent of the CPU even after the program has been exited. > > This is a 2.2.6-RELEASE system. The process is started as a user, but I > can get root access if necessary. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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