[TriLUG] killing a process when 'kill -9' doesn't?

[James LewisMoss]

>>>>> On Fri, 24 May 2002 12:01:55 -0400, Geoff Purdy <geoff.purdy at verizon.net> said:

 Geoff> Is there a means of killing a runaway process which doesn't
 Geoff> respond to 'kill -9'?  Is there a better way than 'reboot'?
 Geoff> I'm running kernel 2.4.18.

Is it stuck in the D (uninterruptible sleep (usually waiting on io))
state (typically R (run) or S (sleep))?  If so wait and hope it goes
away (probably won't, but it can) or reboot are your options.

Jim

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