How to kill a bad write process in lubuntu
I had a usb drive that went bad so when I tried to do a cp command it just hung doing nothing. I killed the command with ctrl -c but it was still listed when I did ps -aux. I tried to kill the process but it was stat D and I could not kill it. I tried doing a forced umount of the usb drive. The process was still there. Did a shutdown but it would not finish shutting down and I had to turn off the power. Then this week I tried to copy a file that was too large for the usb drive this time using pcmanfm instead of the command line. Although it told you out of space and had a stop button it did not stop the process and again had to do a hard reboot to clean up the filesystem. Is there a better way to clean up a write process that has gone bad Linda -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
Re: How to kill a bad write process in lubuntu
Hi Linda,
First, you have to find your process. The "top" command can be used as well as
the "ps -edf" or "ps -aux" commands..Then, inside top, you should press the "k"
key ("k" stands for kill). You type the process pid (you can find it in the
first column of your process id line), press return and choose the kill signal
to send : 3 says to the process "Excuse me, I'm sorry to ask you that, but can
you stop, when you have finish what you're doing, but it's up to you", and 9
says "I'm your boss, I extermine you like a * now... you're a dead process
!!! NOW !"...you should use the 9th kill signal to kill your process.
May be it should work...
Jean
Le Mercredi 28 janvier 2015 17h04, Linda a
écrit :
I had a usb drive that went bad so when I tried to do a cp
command it just hung doing nothing. I killed the command
with ctrl -c but it was still listed when I did ps -aux. I
tried to kill the process but it was stat D and I could not
kill it. I tried doing a forced umount of the usb drive. The
process was still there. Did a shutdown but it would not
finish shutting down and I had to turn off the power. Then
this week I tried to copy a file that was too large for the
usb drive this time using pcmanfm instead of the command
line. Although it told you out of space and had a stop
button it did not stop the process and again had to do a
hard reboot to clean up the filesystem.
Is there a better way to clean up a write process that has
gone bad
Linda
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Re: How to kill a bad write process in lubuntu
On 01/28/2015 10:03 AM, Linda wrote: > I had a usb drive that went bad so when I tried to do a cp command it > just hung doing nothing. I killed the command with ctrl -c but it was > still listed when I did ps -aux. I tried to kill the process but it > was stat D and I could not kill it. I tried doing a forced umount of > the usb drive. The process was still there. Did a shutdown but it > would not finish shutting down and I had to turn off the power. Then > this week I tried to copy a file that was too large for the usb drive > this time using pcmanfm instead of the command line. Although it told > you out of space and had a stop button it did not stop the process and > again had to do a hard reboot to clean up the filesystem. > Is there a better way to clean up a write process that has gone bad > Linda > Hi, You might try using htop as root. I have not run into this issue particularly. You need to install htop sudo apt-get install htop Then launch it from the terminal sudo htop then you can find the process and SIGKILL it. It is probably not the safest practice for USB drives, however they are very cheap these days. -- Regards -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
