how to kill a process in linux

d.vivek_88@yahoo.co.in · 03-22-2014, 03:18 AM

Hi ,

I am using Fedora 17.
When i try to kill a process forcefully, it is not getting killed.
I tried the following options.
kill -9 <pid>, killall <process>, pkill <process>, kill -SIGKILL <pid>, kill -SIGTERM <pid>.

But still the process is not getting killed.

Also, after that i could not kill any of the process that i bring up.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and guidance.

Regards,
Vivek

unSpawn · 03-22-2014, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d.vivek_88@yahoo.co.in

I am using Fedora 17.

That release is obsolete and you have no compelling, valid reason to keep using it.
So please either install Fedora 19 or 20 or choose a distro with a release cycle more to your liking.

Quote:

Originally Posted by d.vivek_88@yahoo.co.in

When i try to kill a process forcefully, it is not getting killed. (..) But still the process is not getting killed. (..) Also, after that i could not kill any of the process that i bring up.

What's the actual process you're trying to kill?
Does 'lsof -Plwnp `pgrep processname`' return anything afterwards?

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