On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:10:37 -0500 James McKenzie > <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have been using wvdial (briefly) and I have a strange outcome when I >> > disconnect. This happens about 90% of the time. About 10% of the time, >> > it exits cleanly and everything is fine, but my question pertains to >> > the other 90%. >> > >> > So, I hit ctrl-c and get the following >> > >> > ^CCaught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully... >> > % >> > >> > There is no wvdial process anymore. >> > >> > $ killall wvdial >> > wvdial: no process found >> > >> > >> > However, the connection is not terminated (the meter is running), and indeed, >> > >> > $ ps aux | grep wvdial >> > root 2024 0.0 0.0 50616 2344 pts/0 S 08:39 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd 230400 modem crtscts defaultroute usehostname -detach user 1 noipdefault call wvdial usepeerdns idle 3600 logfd 6 remotename 0 >> >> kill -15 2024 >> if that fails >> kill -9 2024 >> as root >> >> This should disconnect you. >> >> James McKenzie > > Thank you! I guess the answer then is, to try > > sudo killall pppd > > which should do it? > > This works! At least has, this first time around.... > That should work just well. Most people do not use CNTRL-C to kill this process. Usually it is started to run in the background and then killed using the command you just stated. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
