From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 10 04:31:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A57D4106566B for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:31:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com (mail-fx0-f224.google.com [209.85.220.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36FE98FC14 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:31:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so508240fxm.43 for ; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:31:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=h0JC1TsOP1hcy6pYHO2JHpmsibhuFJWFOt3UmLQgimM=; b=QCORhuMsdDMvMHZJR0bztJ6YH6GD3M5mUPsL9Vd96V4zW5UYunSnB//n47B+BxkKM4 tsJcUYEBk1Txw/KrUUvgT2qmNOwbedYi7PVWDpPfCdZLMTnGldMU1dVeAKsf603oKATn z0IZqfGPGPaVQY2W46m4da0x6BaLR4gWv6AQo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=n1ZgDolRDHgDVweUKT/OFv9SAZQCqjN23zJradLkao3Cob/iCcQkET29Edh80JqDEG BY6kiMN+7Gxee/jb1M9x5d1Bs6fEfmdafCWruwTdi8BbVokcrSgl1oBN8cXQJvnMV+TI VEF0yf+mTv2aZudtYEF/b63InPK2qgGx5Loyc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.54.65 with SMTP id p1mr1436683bkg.195.1247200306079; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:31:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1247198848.1763.46.camel@rs-unix.roycs.nl> References: <1247198848.1763.46.camel@rs-unix.roycs.nl> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:31:46 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310907092131r34756d2dy4a620c1751f742da@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Roy Stuivenberg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: npviewer.bin X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:31:47 -0000 Hi, Roy On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Roy Stuivenberg wrote: > Hello, > > For a while I'm facing this Issue: Firefox seems to hang, and when I > look with the command TOP is see npviewer.bin a few times. Could be from multiple flash-based web pages. I don't use flash on FreeBSD, so I cannot confirm how npviewer reacts to multiple embedded flash 'objects'. > My processor makes a lot of noise, and after : pkill npviewer.bin, it > stops for a while. It's probably screaming for help. Hopefully you mean the fan though. > Laterly I notice the return of npviewer.bin again, so the pkill is not > even working anymore. > Hopefully there is a better salutation then pkill ?? > Try killall(1). -- Glen Barber