Try kill -9 <pid> sometimes kill doesn't work. When in doubt -9 it :) Works everytime. CTRL+Z simply puts it into the background.
I try in order:
kill <pid> kill -2 <pid> kill -15 <pid> kill -9 <pid>
However this would not kill a DEFUNCT process. Anyone got an idea on how to do this?
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James McKenzie
With assistance, Now running 2.6.11rc3, Software Suspend 2
and ibm-acpi .1
Need a home for my .rpm