Hi Eric and Nic, Thanks much -- the -9 seems to cause a restart, hence appears to have the identical affect of the -hup parm.
On Nov 24, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > 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. >> > -- 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.
