Terminate Hung Program

Ingla · 11-15-2005, 07:43 AM

Hi.

Running Ubuntu 5.10 (Gnome).

How can I terminate a hung program without hitting CTR-ALT-Backspace to relaunch Gnome?
Isn't there a command or key sequence (like CTRL+ALT+DEL in Windows)?

Thanks.

makuyl · 11-15-2005, 07:57 AM

Try gnome-system-monitor, see under Applications -> System menu.
Also you can open a console and do:
killall programname
ps -ef|grep programname to get the PID and do: kill PID
or as last resort: kill -9 PID
There's also xkill which let's you click the program window to kill it.

And please use the search function on this site.

fatrandy13 · 11-15-2005, 07:59 AM

say your login to linux is Ingla, type:

ps -u Ingla

you will see a list of processes (similar to ctrl-alt-del in windows). There will be a PID number for each job. Find the PID number of the job you want to end, say its 1240 then type:

kill 1240

see ya...

Ingla · 11-15-2005, 08:13 AM

Thank you.