The subject says it all really: I've tried hitting control-C (multiple times), but that doesn't seem to be a reliable way to interrupt a long calculation. What is the right way to interrupt a calculation that has been proceeding for several minutes and shows no sign of finishing soon?
On 29/08/2007, D. R. Evans <doc.evans at gmail.com> wrote:> The subject says it all really: I've tried hitting control-C (multiple > times), but that doesn't seem to be a reliable way to interrupt a long > calculation. What is the right way to interrupt a calculation that has > been proceeding for several minutes and shows no sign of finishing > soon? >I forgot to mention that this is on an amd64 system running dapper (in case that makes any difference).