Stopping a Linux Process
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO STOP THESE PROCESSES YOURSELF. If you must stop a process, see your system administrator.
How to stop a vectorize or render process in Linux
1. | Select the job to stop from the Vectorize/Render Queue window and click Delete. |
2. | As the root user, open a Linux shell and type: |
ps -fe.
The shell window displays all the processes that are active at the moment.
3. | Find the listing for the vectorizing or rendering process that you started. There are two ID flags to look for: |
‣ | If you started a vectorizing process, look for the process that lists the word Pix2vec -file fileLocation. |
‣ | If you started a rendering process, look for the process that lists the word Stage -job jobName -scene sceneName -version versionNumber. |
4. | Take note of the system number that identifies the process. In the example above, the system numbers appear in the box on the left. |
5. | 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 in the example above), you would type the following command to stop the process:
‣ | kill -9 5353: Stops the vectorize process. |
‣ | kill -9 5348: Stops the rendering process. |
6. | Press Enter/Return. |
If you stop 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 stop the process.