Eythian, It's not a permissions issue, still I wonder why root cannot
kill -9 a process. Maybe there are cases when this occurs, but I've
never seen that before. Whenever I've typed kill -9 as root I've
been able to get rid of the process.
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Totem is 'uninterruptible'
https://bugs.launchpad.net
I tried to add my comment before but I cannot see it yet, so I'll try
again. I wonder if Ubuntu has changed "classical" Unix privilege
settings , and if that might be the problem. I have exactly the same
problem with Totem becoming uninterruptible. I watch a movie and close
the window. The GUI disa