On 03/29/2011 11:09 AM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >> > ps -aux | grep acroread > <me> 4277 2.3 0.0 0 0 ? Z 10:25 0:25 > [acroread]<defunct> kill -9 4277 gets rid of it. Or, simply use this: killall -9 accoread and Bob's your uncle. HTH, HAND.