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Date:      Tue, 23 Dec 1997 01:01:08 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bob K <melange@europa.humberc.on.ca>
To:        Greg Pierce <greg@west.netsol.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: reboot killing process
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971223010006.573D-100000@europa.humberc.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.971222195158.1349B-100000@storm>

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On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Greg Pierce wrote:

> 	I exit netscape and the process does not die.  In fact it starts
> to take up 100% of the CPU.  I let it go for a while to make sure its
> not really going to do something.  I kill -9 the process.  It doesn't
> die.  ps and top show it still there, still eating 100% of the CPU.
> I kill -9 the process again.  My machine reboots itself after 1-2 
> seconds of being locked up.  

Personally, I've found that kill -6 works much better in that specific
situation...




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