Re: identifying failed processes

2003-11-09 Thread Arnt Karlsen
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

identifying failed processes

2003-11-09 Thread Richard Lyons
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 solve