HantsLUG Mail wrote:
> Some hours ago now I stared find in KDE to find a file. Initially, it was
> running, but I could do other things and the HDD light was flickering on
> and
> off.
>
> Now, some hours later it is consuming virtually all the resources of the
> cpu
> and the HDD light is on constantly. I have tried all normal methods of
> stopping it, to no avail. I have succeeded in getting a "run" window open,
> with a view to running konsole, finding the pid and killing "find", but I
> couldn't actually launch anything. I am sending this from my
> granddaughter's computer.
>
> The only thing I can think of is to press the reset button - but I am
> loathe
> to do so while the HDD is actually being read. Equally, it cannot be good
> for teh CPU to be being thrashed in this way. There are no obvious signs
> that anything is heating up, but still.
>
> If there is anyone out there, _please_ express an opinion. Do I 1) press
> reset now 2) let it run overnight and hope that it has finished by the
> morning, and then press reset if it still hasn't stopped 3) do something I
> haven't thought of.
0) ctlr-alt-F1 # login then try ps and kill
1) ctrl-alt-backspace # try to restart X if 0) doesn't work
2) ctrl-alt-F1 # login and kill -1 1 to re-init the system
3) hit the reset button
4) pull the AC power plug as a very last resort
I've waited until late/morning with a result that I had to travel at an
inconvenient time to the sick server.
>
> TIA
> Lisi
>
