Description of problem: killall -9 firefox does not find firefox and kills it. The same problem has happend exactly one year ago: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869413 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): psmisc-23.3-4.fc33.x86_64 Log: [userid@eve ~]$ ps auxf|grep firefox userid 132347 0.0 0.0 112480 788 pts/0 S+ 21:09 0:00 \_ grep --color=auto firefox userid 127045 5.3 2.7 3431136 455888 tty2 Sl+ 20:46 1:13 /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox userid 127163 0.0 0.2 176824 37896 tty2 Sl+ 20:46 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -prefsLen 1 -prefMapSize 292622 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true socket userid 127258 0.5 0.7 2622848 129612 tty2 Sl+ 20:46 0:06 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 2 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 4784 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab userid 127686 0.0 0.2 181384 38904 tty2 Sl+ 20:47 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true rdd userid 128684 0.1 0.8 2581228 143208 tty2 Sl+ 20:52 0:01 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 5 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab userid 128742 0.0 0.6 2534268 107512 tty2 Sl+ 20:52 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 6 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab userid 128944 0.0 0.5 2515196 95324 tty2 Sl+ 20:53 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 8 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab userid 130112 0.0 0.4 2487548 72024 tty2 Sl+ 20:58 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 9 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab [userid@eve ~]$ killall -9 firefox firefox: Kein Prozess gefunden [userid@eve ~]$ ps auxf|grep firefox userid 132376 0.0 0.0 112480 776 pts/0 S+ 21:09 0:00 \_ grep --color=auto firefox userid 127045 5.3 2.7 3431136 455888 tty2 Sl+ 20:46 1:13 /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox userid 127163 0.0 0.2 176824 37896 tty2 Sl+ 20:46 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -prefsLen 1 -prefMapSize 292622 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true socket userid 127258 0.5 0.7 2622848 129612 tty2 Sl+ 20:46 0:06 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 2 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 4784 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab userid 127686 0.0 0.2 181384 38904 tty2 Sl+ 20:47 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true rdd userid 128684 0.1 0.8 2581228 143208 tty2 Sl+ 20:52 0:01 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 5 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab userid 128742 0.0 0.6 2534268 107512 tty2 Sl+ 20:52 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 6 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab userid 128944 0.0 0.5 2515196 95324 tty2 Sl+ 20:53 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 8 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab userid 130112 0.0 0.4 2487548 72024 tty2 Sl+ 20:58 0:00 \_ /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 9 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 5601 -prefMapSize 292622 -jsInit 286204 -parentBuildID 20211007233432 -appdir /usr/lib64/firefox/browser 127045 true tab
it's just a limitation of killall/pstree it seems. Per man page > If processes change their name, killall may not be able to match them correctly. that's what I see: $ ps -o cmd,comm 7691 CMD COMMAND /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox GeckoMain $ pgrep -f firefox 7691 7695 7807 7883 7932 $ pstree --hide-threads --show-pid 7691 GeckoMain(7691)─┬─Privileged Cont(7932) ├─Socket Process(7807) ├─WebExtensions(7883) └─chrome-gnome-sh(7922) While ps usually display the "CMD", pstree/killall uses the "COMMAND". Both should work: pkill -f firefox or killall GeckoMain
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I will check this here asap. keeping the br open for now.
As for Fedora 34: [user@hostname ~]$ pstree -up| grep firefox [user@hostname ~]$ killall firefox firefox: Kein Prozess gefunden [user@hostname ~]$ killall GeckoMain [user@hostname ~]$ uname -a Linux hostname 5.14.18-200.fc34.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Nov 12 16:48:10 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [1]+ Beendet firefox
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