Comments on: 6 Different Ways To Kill Unresponsive Programs in Linux http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rain http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-430672 rain Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:53:24 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-430672 wow it's so nice to know those matter..now i know how powerful Linux is wow it’s so nice to know those matter..now i know how powerful Linux is

]]> By: ewqtrwerw http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-427194 ewqtrwerw Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:27:53 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-427194 Another amazing utility is top and its variants. Simply run top, look for your process and finaly hit kyy k (K) (and specify a number of the process). Another amazing utility is top and its variants. Simply run top, look for your process and finaly hit kyy k (K) (and specify a number of the process).

]]> By: rems http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-427185 rems Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:01:22 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-427185 Try ALT + SysRq + k See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key Try ALT + SysRq + k

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

]]> By: Felix http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-427121 Felix Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:52:01 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-427121 Blinking keyboard LEDs are an indication for Kernel panic. You're out of luck in this situation. After reboot, you might want to check the system logs for possible causes. Blinking keyboard LEDs are an indication for Kernel panic. You’re out of luck in this situation. After reboot, you might want to check the system logs for possible causes.

]]> By: khinch http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-427011 khinch Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-427011 I haven't seen any mention of the "ALT+SYSRQ" combinations so far. Even when a misbehaving app locks out your keyboard, the kernel will still respond when "ALT+SYSRQ" are pressed together. (On some keyboards SysRq is labelled as "Print screen", on others it's labelled on its own). 99% of the time when a Linux system won't respond to any of the above, you can safely reboot by holding down ALT + SysRq and then R,E,I,S,U,B, leaving a quick pause between each key for the system to respond. You can easily remember that combo because it is BUSIER backwards. This has saved me a few times when I have been mincing around with some settings I probably shouldn't have! I haven’t seen any mention of the “ALT+SYSRQ” combinations so far.

Even when a misbehaving app locks out your keyboard, the kernel will still respond when “ALT+SYSRQ” are pressed together. (On some keyboards SysRq is labelled as “Print screen”, on others it’s labelled on its own).

99% of the time when a Linux system won’t respond to any of the above, you can safely reboot by holding down ALT + SysRq and then R,E,I,S,U,B, leaving a quick pause between each key for the system to respond. You can easily remember that combo because it is BUSIER backwards.

This has saved me a few times when I have been mincing around with some settings I probably shouldn’t have!

]]> By: Einheit http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-426997 Einheit Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:08:42 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-426997 Might be good to try kill -2 (SIGINT), before kill -9, since that has the possibility of causing problems. Might be good to try kill -2 (SIGINT), before kill -9, since that has the possibility of causing problems.

]]> By: PBhat http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-426872 PBhat Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:52:08 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-426872 To read care-FULLY and understand is the biggest service you can do to Linux or whatever else.Thank you. To read care-FULLY and understand is the biggest service you can do to Linux or whatever else.Thank you.

]]> By: bhagya http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-426490 bhagya Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:54:10 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-426490 I was using 'wammu' lately, when suddenly my comp froze.. The mouse pointer froze.. and the 'caps-lock' light started turning on and off... I couldn't even switch to the command line mode then... Nor could do anything with the frozen GUI... Any suggestions, how to handle such situations except rebooting...? I was using ‘wammu’ lately, when suddenly my comp froze.. The mouse pointer froze.. and the ‘caps-lock’ light started turning on and off… I couldn’t even switch to the command line mode then… Nor could do anything with the frozen GUI…

Any suggestions, how to handle such situations except rebooting…?

]]> By: Jahm Mitt http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-426488 Jahm Mitt Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:01:05 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-426488 Ohhhh Ha Ha Ha "While Windows ‘blue screen of death’ is much maligned in the Linux world,the linux ‘busy screen of death’ is no less malignant"...... Yeah FIREFOX gets into MEMORY LEAKS and SYSTEM HOGGING like a battleship in a bathtub.... Ctrl + Alt + Esc = KILLL ITTTTTT OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Ohhhh Ha Ha Ha

“While Windows ‘blue screen of death’ is much maligned in the Linux world,the linux ‘busy screen of death’ is no less malignant”……

Yeah FIREFOX gets into MEMORY LEAKS and SYSTEM HOGGING like a battleship in a bathtub….

Ctrl + Alt + Esc = KILLL ITTTTTT OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

]]> By: kevin http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux/#comment-426472 kevin Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:31:44 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=31121#comment-426472 This is a good article. I do not use very powerful computers and they seem to lock up sometimes. It seems to happen more often lately. I use Ubuntu with firefox. When i have more than a couple applications running with firefox,things slow down and, I get frozen mouse and screen. I usually shut down the system and then reboot. It doesn't seem to affect anything but my time and patience. I recently loaded the latest ubuntu 9.something and I've already gotten a couple of freezeups. I will save this article and try some of the suggestions. This is a good article. I do not use very powerful computers and they seem to lock up sometimes. It seems to happen more often lately. I use Ubuntu with firefox. When i have more than a couple applications running with firefox,things slow down and, I get frozen mouse and screen. I usually shut down the system and then reboot. It doesn’t seem to affect anything but my time and patience. I recently loaded the latest ubuntu 9.something and I’ve already gotten a couple of freezeups. I will save this article and try some of the suggestions.

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