Stopping a Linux Process
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO STOP THESE PROCESSES YOURSELF. If you must stop a process, see your System Administrator.
To kill a vectorize or render process in Linux:
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Select the job to kill from the Vectorize/Render Queue window and click Delete. |
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As the root user, open a Linux shell and type the following command at the prompt: ps -fe. The shell window displays all the processes that are active at that moment. |
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Find the listing for the vectorizing or rendering process that you launched. There are two ID flags to look out for: |
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If you launched a vectorizing process, look for the process that lists the word Pix2vec -file fileLocation. |
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If you launched a rendering process, look for the process that lists the word Stage -job jobName -scene sceneName -version versionNumber. |
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Take note of the system number that identifies the process. In the example above, the system numbers appear in the box on the left. |
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Type the following command and replace <id number> with the system number you noted in the previous step: kill -9 <id number> |
For example, if your process number is 5348 or 5353 (as it is in the example), you would type the following command to kill the process:
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kill -9 5353: this command stops the vectorize process. |
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kill -9 5348: this command stops the rendering process. |
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Press [Enter] to launch the kill command. |
If you kill a process, but do not delete the Job from the Vectorize or Render queue, the queue marks the entry as in error (Pending-E) and the entry stays in the queue. This is why it is important to remove the entry from the queue before you kill the process.