Help! Runaway process!!!

[chadwit]

my "apt-cache" process all of a sudden started pegging my proc @ 100% upon booting. If I try to kill it I get this response:

Cannot kill process with pid 16271 with signal 19.
No such process

I tried rebooting using a previous kernel version and it's still pegged.

What is "apt-cache"? Why is it all of a sudden doing this? How do I make it stop?

Thanks..............

[neurostu]

try:


sudo kill -9 16271