Have you tried ps aux ?? There are often processes running that don't show up in top...and a process that has not gone zombie can be stopped ( kill -HUP <process id> , kill -15 <process id> , or kill -9 <process id> ), allowing you to restart the program (most of the time) without a log out/in....
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 18:31, Bill Winegarden wrote: > Hi again, > I have experienced occasional crashes (freezes) in KMail and OO from a new > LM9 install. Everything went cleanly on install. > Anyway my question is..... > > Is there a way to restart the programs after a freeze? It seems that I have to > logout then login again before I can restart the affected application. I have > checked with the 'top' command and I don't see them running but perhaps > something else is that prevents the restart. > > Anyone experience this one? > > tia, > Bill W. > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Erik Linux User 288105 ================= Bill who? Micro what?
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
