On 09/06/15 21:55, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I was copying some files to a newly set up USB HD, and then did some umounts when done. Well they are still running, and > > kill pid > > is not killing them and they are taking up most of my cpu. > > I have never seen 'kill' fail. > > What can I do other than reboot? Well, a kill will fail to kill if the process is a zombie or in an uninterruptable state. If top doesn't show any zombies then the process is probably uninterruptable and I think this shows up as a D state in top. -- It seems most people that say they are "done talking about it" never really are until given the last word. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org