RE: Not killing processes

dlock@acs.itd.uts.edu.au (dlock@acs.itd.uts.edu.au)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 14:58:32 +1000 (EST)


On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, tommy fredriksson 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".
>
- Ive just run into this problem, but with a couple of different
programmes- SND and SLab namely. I'm not really sure who's at fault
though....



 


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