RE: Not killing processes
Stephane Boyer (sboyer@colba.net)
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 02:45:48 -0400
On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, you wrote:
>On 12-Jun-98 Simon Drabble wrote:
>> I just installed afterstep, and finally got it (mostly) configure to my
>> liking. After running it for a couple of days (re-starting it often with
>> new configs) I notice that it doesn't seem to shut down apps properly,
>> most notably netscape. TWhen it shuts, it leaves netscape running as a
>> zombie, taking up memory, burying my swap partition, and the remains of a
>> .lock file lying around.
>>
>> Is there a fix for this? I'm running the latest version (1.4.5.55N ?).
>> WI don't have the problem with fvwm95 - it shuts down ok then.
>
>Hmm, are you sure this is a AS-problem? I often have to fight to really
>kill NS and I don't see this as a AS-problem - this occurs on various
>platforms running different WM's but where NS is the "common factor".
>
yes, this is a Netscape problem, and not AfterStep's kmail also does the same
thing.
Steph!
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