View and Kill current processes on Ubuntu
Ubuntu has a command that lists all current processes.If you find the process ID,you can kill it by
kill command.
Type following to list all your own running processes :
ps ux
And use command to kill any process you want,the second column is PID number.
kill -9 PIDnumber
Ubuntu also has a graphical program to view current processes.Navigate to :
System–>Administrator–>System Monitor,
you will see system processes at Process tab,kill any by select it and click “End Process” button.