Query and Cleanup Running Applications in GNOME
I have managed to put my user session (GNOME 3) into a state where the running applications list contains an entry which I don't believe exists. By this, I mean that the Applications bar has the active indicator (blue underline in my session) for a particular application, and when I select that item, GNOME switches to a particular Workspace, the same Workspace every time, and though I see no window for that application, after a short while, GNOME prompts me with the "[Application]" is not responding window. But, even if I select Force Quit, the application entry never loses its active indication.
I can't find any match that I would recognize in ps -u USER or killall [TAB completion], which leads me to believe that the process no longer is running, but that GNOME still believes that it is. Though I am sure that I could log out and the running status would clear itself, which tools can I use to query my GNOME session to identify the application information and even gracefully clean up the issue without logging out?
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I have managed to put my user session (GNOME 3) into a state where the running applications list contains an entry which I don't believe exists. By this, I mean that the Applications bar has the active indicator (blue underline in my session) for a particular application, and when I select that item, GNOME switches to a particular Workspace, the same Workspace every time, and though I see no window for that application, after a short while, GNOME prompts me with the "[Application]" is not responding window. But, even if I select Force Quit, the application entry never loses its active indication.
I can't find any match that I would recognize in ps -u USER or killall [TAB completion], which leads me to believe that the process no longer is running, but that GNOME still believes that it is. Though I am sure that I could log out and the running status would clear itself, which tools can I use to query my GNOME session to identify the application information and even gracefully clean up the issue without logging out?
gnome gnome3 application
asked 2 hours ago
palswimpalswim
1,67911733
Feel free to correct my terminology as I don't know the proper terms for some of these things I'm describing.
– palswim
1 hour ago
runtop. That will show what user applications are actually running and their PIDs.
– Paul Benson
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I have managed to put my user session (GNOME 3) into a state where the running applications list contains an entry which I don't believe exists. By this, I mean that the Applications bar has the active indicator (blue underline in my session) for a particular application, and when I select that item, GNOME switches to a particular Workspace, the same Workspace every time, and though I see no window for that application, after a short while, GNOME prompts me with the "[Application]" is not responding window. But, even if I select Force Quit, the application entry never loses its active indication.
I can't find any match that I would recognize in ps -u USER or killall [TAB completion], which leads me to believe that the process no longer is running, but that GNOME still believes that it is. Though I am sure that I could log out and the running status would clear itself, which tools can I use to query my GNOME session to identify the application information and even gracefully clean up the issue without logging out?
gnome gnome3 application
asked 2 hours ago
palswimpalswim
1,67911733
I have managed to put my user session (GNOME 3) into a state where the running applications list contains an entry which I don't believe exists. By this, I mean that the Applications bar has the active indicator (blue underline in my session) for a particular application, and when I select that item, GNOME switches to a particular Workspace, the same Workspace every time, and though I see no window for that application, after a short while, GNOME prompts me with the "[Application]" is not responding window. But, even if I select Force Quit, the application entry never loses its active indication.
I can't find any match that I would recognize in ps -u USER or killall [TAB completion], which leads me to believe that the process no longer is running, but that GNOME still believes that it is. Though I am sure that I could log out and the running status would clear itself, which tools can I use to query my GNOME session to identify the application information and even gracefully clean up the issue without logging out?
gnome gnome3 application
gnome gnome3 application
asked 2 hours ago
palswimpalswim
1,67911733
asked 2 hours ago
palswimpalswim
1,67911733
asked 2 hours ago
palswimpalswim
1,67911733
asked 2 hours ago
palswimpalswim
1,67911733
asked 2 hours ago
palswimpalswim
1,67911733
1,67911733
Feel free to correct my terminology as I don't know the proper terms for some of these things I'm describing.
– palswim
1 hour ago
runtop. That will show what user applications are actually running and their PIDs.
– Paul Benson
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Feel free to correct my terminology as I don't know the proper terms for some of these things I'm describing.
– palswim
1 hour ago
runtop. That will show what user applications are actually running and their PIDs.
– Paul Benson
1 hour ago
Feel free to correct my terminology as I don't know the proper terms for some of these things I'm describing.
– palswim
1 hour ago
Feel free to correct my terminology as I don't know the proper terms for some of these things I'm describing.
– palswim
1 hour ago
run
top. That will show what user applications are actually running and their PIDs.– Paul Benson
1 hour ago
run
top. That will show what user applications are actually running and their PIDs.– Paul Benson
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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Feel free to correct my terminology as I don't know the proper terms for some of these things I'm describing.
– palswim
1 hour ago
run
top. That will show what user applications are actually running and their PIDs.– Paul Benson
1 hour ago