On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 13:22:06 +0100, Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Once in a while, something causes Xwindows to freeze. My > simple-minded response is to ctl-alt-F2, ps -e, then guess which > process might have done it and kill pid, ps -e again to see if it > died, kill -9 if not, then alt-F7 to see if the problem is cured. > Then do it all again until problem solved. After a few iterations, I > am usually killing whole families of processes, and eventually > everything from xinit onward. This is an ignorant mess, I'm the first > to admit. > > Is there a way to identify which process was running at the point of > failure, so as to cull the guilty and spare the innocent? ..top? 'man top' for details. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
