Re: [TCLUG:5221] when kill -15 fails

[Christopher McKinley <root@lugh.net>]

Try kill -KILL <PID>.  It is better to use the name over the number, as
KILL is 7 on linux, but I have no idea (and don't care) on Slowaris. 
Check man kill for some of the other signals which you can try.

-Chris

Ben Luey wrote:
> 
> I deleted some modules that I didn't want before unloading them. Opps.
> Then my root bash died when doing an ls in a proc directory that the
> module controlled. Now I can't kill my ls or bash process with kill -9 PID
> or kill -15 -- how can I kill these processes? I can't unload the modules
> because they are in use, I think because of these processes that I can't
> kill.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> Ben Luey
> lueyb@carleton.edu
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