Re: How to get rid of resource hog whiptail

2012-01-27 Thread Curt
On 2012-01-27, Harry Putnam wrote: > > When `aptitude remove' leaves the nasty bugger behind what is the > procedure to finally be clear rid of it? > You must have some kind of script that's hung, no?. Whiptail is light as the wind. If a script using whiptail is a "hung" process, getting rid of

Re: How to get rid of resource hog whiptail

2012-01-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Harry Putnam wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > >> None the less, whiptail is still here hogging away at 75-80 percent > >> cpu. > >> > >> When `aptitude remove' leaves the nasty bugger behind what is the > >> procedure to finally be clear rid of it? > > > > # pkill whiptail > > Well, yes. I know ho

Re: How to get rid of resource hog whiptail

2012-01-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Bob Proulx writes: >> None the less, whiptail is still here hogging away at 75-80 percent >> cpu. >> >> When `aptitude remove' leaves the nasty bugger behind what is the >> procedure to finally be clear rid of it? > > # apt-get install procps > > # pkill whiptail > > Or use 'killall' if you

Re: How to get rid of resource hog whiptail

2012-01-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Harry Putnam wrote: > I notice whiptail hogging cpu and decided to get rid of it and return > to the package it is replacing `dialog'. If whiptail (or dialog) is hogging cpu then it is probably off in the weeds and should be killed. It is simply a small interactive dialog for scripts and is used

How to get rid of resource hog whiptail

2012-01-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Running Wheezy and kde plasma desktop I notice whiptail hogging cpu and decided to get rid of it and return to the package it is replacing `dialog'. aptitude remove whiptail... offers a few decisions, and I made the ones that replace whiptail with dialog. None the less, whiptail is still here ho