On 04/13/2012 05:55 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:47, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> How can I kill the broken cp operation ? >> killall -s SIGKILL cp > This might not work always. I have faced similar issues with processes > waiting to access a filesystem over the network. In these cases if there > is a problem with the network it might get into an UNINTERRUPTIBLE SLEEP > since it is waiting for I/O. The only way to get rid of these processes > is to wait or reboot. In my case this was a tape drive over a network > filesystem. > > The OP can check if this is indeed the case by doing > > $ ps uf > > If the "cp" process is in UNINTERRUPTIBLE SLEEP, the STATE of the > process should be D. If not then you can ignore my comment. > What happens if you ifdown the nic (if you are on the console obviously)? Would that allow the cif mount and/or the cp to become available for umount/kill? Kevin -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
