I am newbie, but I know diff in kill and kill -9. Heres my o/p: [root at localhost ~]# ps ax | grep yum 16794 ? S 0:05 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof 17097 pts/1 S+ 0:04 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof 18082 pts/3 S+ 0:00 grep yum [root at localhost ~]# kill -9 16794 17097 [root at localhost ~]# ps ax | grep yum 16794 ? S 0:05 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof 17097 pts/1 S+ 0:04 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof 18084 pts/3 S+ 0:00 grep yum [root at localhost ~]# killall -9 yum [root at localhost ~]# ps ax | grep yum 16794 ? S 0:05 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof 17097 pts/1 S+ 0:04 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof 18087 pts/3 S+ 0:00 grep yum The /var/run/yum.pid does not exist (removed when I followed steps in my 2'nd msg). - CS. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:47 PM, nate<centos at linuxpowered.net> wrote: > Carlos Santana wrote: >> As specified in my first message, I have tried that. Its not working.. :( > > You've specifically tried kill -9 ? That just doesn't make sense, > I have never seen a process in a "S" state that did not die as > a result of a kill -9. "D" state yes, "Z" state yes, "T" state maybe, > but never ever "S" (or any variant of S). > > kill and kill -9 are not the same thing(sorry if it's obvious I > don't know your level of expertise). > > nate > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >