On 21 July 2011, at 19:48, Dale wrote: > ... > I would try to kill it as root. The -9 option should work. That hasn't > failed me yet. I always run kill commands as root and DOUBLE check the PID > after typing it in.
I believe that `kill -9` is bad practice - doesn't it leave memory allocated to the processes as unrecoverable or something? I believe other signals should be attempted first. See the list in `man kill`. I won't swear to it, but `kill -4` sounds right. Stroller.
