Hi! True enough. -HUP accomplishes the same thing, though, but of course the parameters mean something different. I always just use -9 to ensure it actually quits, and it's just as efficient in the long-run. And, it's less parameters to type.
Regards, ic GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: cincinster On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > the killall command works. -9 will simply force it to quit. I prefer the use > of killall -HUP VoiceOver as it forces a reset of voiceover without going > through all the issues of restarting it via keystrokes. btw, you must > capitalize the V and the O otherwise it will not find the process name. > > -Eric > > On Nov 24, 2010, at 1:53 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > >> Greetings, >> I meant to reply to one of Nic's recent posts, but deleted it. He >> suggested that if VO goes silent one could enter terminal into spotlight and >> then enter -- I forget the exact command but believe it was killallall -9 >> voiceover. >> >> I tried this with and without the extra "all" and also tried inserting a >> space between the two alls, but only receive a message that no matching >> processes were found. >> >> I'd like to get this right in case I do experience a vo crash. May not have >> recalled the parm Nic mentioned, but I did use the one he specified (which >> may not have been -9). >> >> TIA for any clarification, and best regards. >> Geoff >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >
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