C Hamel <vgm2@sc2000.net> wrote:

I posted regarding a runaway process:

< http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Apr/0419.html >

I activated the rpc and it didn't do diddly when ppp0 ran away, pegging the processor at 99-100%. I had Realplayer open & playing, ppp0 (of course) & mldonkey doing its thing.

The runaway process happened when I opened Control Center & selected printer --a mistake, actually.

And just now, when I emulated that action, the same thing happened. I *do* have a printer designated, and have used it many times.

At first I thought it was ppp0, because I had to shut everything down (and that was the last thing) but, when I went to bring Control Center back, it would do nothing.

I had to execute the C-A-B to clear the pids, as kill wasn't doing the job!

Can anyone help me with this?? (Probably not, actually, but I *have* to ask, anyhow, as there is always hope!)

- -- ...CH

(sig line trimmed) Hi, I am not sure *exactly* what your question is ??? However, I will share some observations. First, i am careful what I have running, when I open up any "hardware" probe dialogs, including "printer", sax2 and "hwinfo" whether via the Control Center or the Command Line. (However, because of the "gui's" adding extra layer the CC is probably more prone to "flackiness. YMMV) However, if the machine "locks-up", usually I can "Ctrl+Alt+Esc" the process ("skull and cross bones") and kill the "locked-up" gui via my mouse pointer. If that doesn't work, then opening a virtual terminal and looging in as root, and then doing: ps -A will allow me to see what is running. Sometimes because of child processes, kill doesn't want to work, so you need to kill the later process before killing the "starting" one. kill -9 pid usually works. (see: man kill) Another choice is to do: "init 3" which softly shuts things down on runlevel 5, without re-booting the machine, and then going back to runlevel 5. (ie do: init 5) Hope this helps, Gar -- "The quickest way to get information on the web is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong information." - Aahz' Law restated -- __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp