how to kill running script within a dead screen session

Question

I have a script started in a screen session, then detached, tried to reattach but now this session is dead.
The script is still running.
How I can kill the script, being unable to reattach the screen session?
Unfortunatly I have killed the screen process shown with ps.

Is there any possibility to stop the script?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 12 '12 at 00:11

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I assume you are in a linux enviroment, as you say you used ps. If you have the uuid of the process, you can kill it by using kill < uuid> -9. If you know the process by name, try pkill < name>. Both cases should work on a terminal. If you are unable to open a terminal, try ctrl+alt+f1. You should see a login prompt, followed by a terminal. To get back to the xsession do ctrl+alt+f7

If everything else fails, try killing all processes: kill -9 -1. This should get you back to your display manager.

If you killed your screen process, try xinit from a terminal and then try to go back.

If you can't see the process, try ps aux

edited Jun 12 '12 at 00:11

nanofarad

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answered Jun 11 '12 at 21:27

Pablo Mescher

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might need a `ps` first to determine uuid, followed by a `kill uuid -9` – Hans Z Jun 11 '12 at 21:28
Thanks to your answer. But the problem is I cant see the script as a process with ps, there is only a "bash", "sshd" and the "ps" itself. – user1449910 Jun 11 '12 at 22:22
I tried ps aux | grep myuserID but no process linked to my script or any screen session. – user1449910 Jun 11 '12 at 23:42

how to kill running script within a dead screen session

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