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So these were starlink apps running in the terminals? Do you know specifically which starlink apps? David On Wed, 22 Aug 2018, 07:23 Tom Marsh, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I was just showing a student some starlink software (pamela) on his laptop > when the fan started whirring continuously. Turned out that he had killed > some terminals without killing the program running inside them first, and > then the latter started chewing up 100% CPU. 5 of these and the poor laptop > got quite hot. I remember exactly this issue under linux 15 years ago but > thought it had been cured. It sounds like the program does not handle the > kill signal from the terminal or something. > > His OS was MACOS High Sierra 10.13.6 > > All OK if one simply ctrl-Cs out of the programs first > > tom > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the STARDEV list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=STARDEV&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the STARDEV list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=STARDEV&A=1