Unable to stop VIM with Kill, Htop, or anything else

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I'm running Ubuntu Bionic. I installed SLiM display manager so my GUI uses tty2 and I ran vim to edit some C++ code in tty1. Suddenly, it froze completely. I tried to type things but nothing would show up. I used ps -A to find the PID of vim, but even kill 14092 wouldn't work. I used htop and sent process 14092 a SIGTERM, but it hanged there. I sent it a SIGKILL, but it hanged there. I even nuked it with a SIGSEGV, but it still hanged there! How do I stop it?



Thank you very much.



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I got it to stop after a reboot (well duh), but how can I do it in the future without the need for a reboot?




vim process kill htop




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  • Did you try logging out? I.e. kill the parent, reap the zombie. What state is the process in?
    – ubfan1
    Jun 12 at 23:15










  • I tried htop and ps -l, but it wouldn't even show the process, only ps -A would ... ??? what is going on ??? ALso, normally zombies would die from being sent a SIGSEGV.
    – Baaing Cow
    Jun 12 at 23:16











  • Did you press Ctrl + S during your editing? if yes check this answer unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72086/…
    – digiwizkid
    Jun 12 at 23:25










  • No, I did not press Ctrl-S.
    – Baaing Cow
    Jun 12 at 23:31










  • Could it be possible the terminal window itself froze and not vim ?
    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Jun 12 at 23:54














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I'm running Ubuntu Bionic. I installed SLiM display manager so my GUI uses tty2 and I ran vim to edit some C++ code in tty1. Suddenly, it froze completely. I tried to type things but nothing would show up. I used ps -A to find the PID of vim, but even kill 14092 wouldn't work. I used htop and sent process 14092 a SIGTERM, but it hanged there. I sent it a SIGKILL, but it hanged there. I even nuked it with a SIGSEGV, but it still hanged there! How do I stop it?



Thank you very much.



EDIT:



I got it to stop after a reboot (well duh), but how can I do it in the future without the need for a reboot?




vim process kill htop




share|improve this question





















  • Did you try logging out? I.e. kill the parent, reap the zombie. What state is the process in?
    – ubfan1
    Jun 12 at 23:15










  • I tried htop and ps -l, but it wouldn't even show the process, only ps -A would ... ??? what is going on ??? ALso, normally zombies would die from being sent a SIGSEGV.
    – Baaing Cow
    Jun 12 at 23:16











  • Did you press Ctrl + S during your editing? if yes check this answer unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72086/…
    – digiwizkid
    Jun 12 at 23:25










  • No, I did not press Ctrl-S.
    – Baaing Cow
    Jun 12 at 23:31










  • Could it be possible the terminal window itself froze and not vim ?
    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Jun 12 at 23:54












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I'm running Ubuntu Bionic. I installed SLiM display manager so my GUI uses tty2 and I ran vim to edit some C++ code in tty1. Suddenly, it froze completely. I tried to type things but nothing would show up. I used ps -A to find the PID of vim, but even kill 14092 wouldn't work. I used htop and sent process 14092 a SIGTERM, but it hanged there. I sent it a SIGKILL, but it hanged there. I even nuked it with a SIGSEGV, but it still hanged there! How do I stop it?



Thank you very much.



EDIT:



I got it to stop after a reboot (well duh), but how can I do it in the future without the need for a reboot?




vim process kill htop




share|improve this question













I'm running Ubuntu Bionic. I installed SLiM display manager so my GUI uses tty2 and I ran vim to edit some C++ code in tty1. Suddenly, it froze completely. I tried to type things but nothing would show up. I used ps -A to find the PID of vim, but even kill 14092 wouldn't work. I used htop and sent process 14092 a SIGTERM, but it hanged there. I sent it a SIGKILL, but it hanged there. I even nuked it with a SIGSEGV, but it still hanged there! How do I stop it?



Thank you very much.



EDIT:



I got it to stop after a reboot (well duh), but how can I do it in the future without the need for a reboot?





vim process kill htop





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  • Did you try logging out? I.e. kill the parent, reap the zombie. What state is the process in?
    – ubfan1
    Jun 12 at 23:15










  • I tried htop and ps -l, but it wouldn't even show the process, only ps -A would ... ??? what is going on ??? ALso, normally zombies would die from being sent a SIGSEGV.
    – Baaing Cow
    Jun 12 at 23:16











  • Did you press Ctrl + S during your editing? if yes check this answer unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72086/…
    – digiwizkid
    Jun 12 at 23:25










  • No, I did not press Ctrl-S.
    – Baaing Cow
    Jun 12 at 23:31










  • Could it be possible the terminal window itself froze and not vim ?
    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Jun 12 at 23:54
















  • Did you try logging out? I.e. kill the parent, reap the zombie. What state is the process in?
    – ubfan1
    Jun 12 at 23:15










  • I tried htop and ps -l, but it wouldn't even show the process, only ps -A would ... ??? what is going on ??? ALso, normally zombies would die from being sent a SIGSEGV.
    – Baaing Cow
    Jun 12 at 23:16











  • Did you press Ctrl + S during your editing? if yes check this answer unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72086/…
    – digiwizkid
    Jun 12 at 23:25










  • No, I did not press Ctrl-S.
    – Baaing Cow
    Jun 12 at 23:31










  • Could it be possible the terminal window itself froze and not vim ?
    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Jun 12 at 23:54















Did you try logging out? I.e. kill the parent, reap the zombie. What state is the process in?
– ubfan1
Jun 12 at 23:15




Did you try logging out? I.e. kill the parent, reap the zombie. What state is the process in?
– ubfan1
Jun 12 at 23:15












I tried htop and ps -l, but it wouldn't even show the process, only ps -A would ... ??? what is going on ??? ALso, normally zombies would die from being sent a SIGSEGV.
– Baaing Cow
Jun 12 at 23:16





I tried htop and ps -l, but it wouldn't even show the process, only ps -A would ... ??? what is going on ??? ALso, normally zombies would die from being sent a SIGSEGV.
– Baaing Cow
Jun 12 at 23:16













Did you press Ctrl + S during your editing? if yes check this answer unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72086/…
– digiwizkid
Jun 12 at 23:25




Did you press Ctrl + S during your editing? if yes check this answer unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72086/…
– digiwizkid
Jun 12 at 23:25












No, I did not press Ctrl-S.
– Baaing Cow
Jun 12 at 23:31




No, I did not press Ctrl-S.
– Baaing Cow
Jun 12 at 23:31












Could it be possible the terminal window itself froze and not vim ?
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jun 12 at 23:54




Could it be possible the terminal window itself froze and not vim ?
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jun 12 at 23:54















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