Edmund wrote:
> How to find what processes are running and how to kill one?
> It seems that an FTP process is running and now the windows from
> "Search for Files" doesn't open anymore :-(
>
> As I newbie I need such a Search option all the time.
>
> Edmund

Hi Edmund,

Personally I use:

ps -aux

This wil give you a list of all programs on the system.
If you want to show processes which are started by you then I would type:

ps

If you know what you are looking for, I would type:

ps -aux | grep nameoftheprogram

this will give you it's PID

If I wanted to kill it right away, I would do so by:

kill -9 yourPID

The -9 after 'kill' tells your system to kill the process no matter what.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Wilbert Smeets