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How to kill a process

Asked by oliver

i'm a newbe and i would like to know how to kill a process so the panel can load properly. what are the exact command line instructions? this is the displayed error message on my screen after login:"Nautilus can't be used now, due to an unexpected error from Bonobo when attempting to locate the factory. Killing bonobo-activation-server and restarting Nautilus may help fix the problem."

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Benoit Malet (benoit-malet) said : 		#1

Hello !

First you need to get the PID of the process you want to kill. You can get it with this :

ps -ef | grep bonobo-activation-server

You'll get a line beginning with you username, the PID is the number coming just after it.

Now, to kill it, just type this :

kill PID (with PID being the number obtained before)

If it resists, use

kill -9 PID

If it tells you it can't be killed because you don't have the proper permissions, put a "sudo" before the command.

Regards,
Benoît

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oliver (olivertwilson) said : 		#2

thank you for your quick response. this is the solution to the problem: ctrl-alt-f1
 [login as me]
 sudo date --set 01/08/2007
 sudo killall gdm
 sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

 the problem originated from a dead PRAM battery(i think), well anyway the os is up and running now.
 thanks again...oliver

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oliver (olivertwilson) said : 		#3

thank you for your quick response. this is the solution to the problem: ctrl-alt-f1
 [login as me]
 sudo date --set 01/08/2007
 sudo killall gdm
 sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

 the problem originated from a dead PRAM battery(i think), well anyway the os is up and running now.
 thanks again...oliver

Benoit Malet <email address hidden> wrote: Your question #16897 on Ubuntu changed:
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Benoit Malet proposed the following answer:
Hello !

First you need to get the PID of the process you want to kill. You can
get it with this :

ps -ef | grep bonobo-activation-server

You'll get a line beginning with you username, the PID is the number
coming just after it.

Now, to kill it, just type this :

kill PID (with PID being the number obtained before)

If it resists, use

kill -9 PID

If it tells you it can't be killed because you don't have the proper
permissions, put a "sudo" before the command.

Regards,
Benoît

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