From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 19 12: 9:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu (1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu [128.147.18.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE05137B401 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:09:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from personrp@ccbh.com) Received: by 1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:10:14 -0400 Message-ID: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A66840A@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu> From: "Person, Roderick" To: 'Vivek Khera' , questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: opera & zombie processes Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:10:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C0F8F3.7F49AC90" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0F8F3.7F49AC90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" If this is the cause of the problem with opera is there something else in conjuction that causes this. It other words linux emulation with and I have been using Opera for at least 6 months and I have noticed this problem at all. I'm not using the port but the tar from opera.com. Roderick P. Person Programmer II personrp@ccbh.com http://www.ccbh.com "Fascism is coming back, baby!" - Kevin Bacon - JFK > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivek Khera [mailto:khera@kcilink.com] > Sent: June 19, 2001 2:58 PM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: opera & zombie processes > > > The following message is a courtesy copy of an article > that has been posted to ml.freebsd.questions as well. > > >>>>> "MB" == Marco Beishuizen writes: > > MB> I have a question about Opera 5.0 under FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE. When > MB> I'm browsing with Opera a lot of zombie processes are > MB> created. This goes on until the maximum number of processes are > MB> reached. After that no process can be started. I found > > I had a similar issue with Lyris running under Linux emulation (until > they came up with a FreeBSD native version). > > What was happening was that Lyris was creating and destroying dozens > of threads. Under linux emulation, these are kernel threads, and > treated as processes by the kernel. However, the linux apps don't see > fit to reap these processes, as linux does it automagically. > > The only real fix is to make the app reap the zombies periodically, or > convince opera to come out with a fbsd native version. > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. > Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 > AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0F8F3.7F49AC90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: opera & zombie processes

If this is the cause of the problem with opera is = there something else in conjuction that causes this.
It other words linux emulation with and  I have = been using Opera for at least 6 months and I have noticed this problem = at all. I'm not using the port but the tar from opera.com.

Roderick P. Person
Programmer II
personrp@ccbh.com
http://www.ccbh.com

"Fascism is coming back, baby!"
        - Kevin = Bacon - JFK




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vivek Khera [mailto:khera@kcilink.com]
> Sent: June 19, 2001 2:58 PM
> To: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: opera & zombie = processes
>
>
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an = article
> that has been posted to ml.freebsd.questions as = well.
>
> >>>>> "MB" =3D=3D = Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@planet.nl> writes:
>
> MB> I have a question about Opera 5.0 under = FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE. When
> MB> I'm browsing with Opera a lot of zombie = processes are
> MB> created. This goes on until the maximum = number of processes are
> MB> reached. After that no process can be = started. I found
>
> I had a similar issue with Lyris running under = Linux emulation (until
> they came up with a FreeBSD native = version). 
>
> What was happening was that Lyris was creating = and destroying dozens
> of threads.  Under linux emulation, these = are kernel threads, and
> treated as processes by the kernel.  = However, the linux apps don't see
> fit to reap these processes, as linux does it = automagically. 
>
> The only real fix is to make the app reap the = zombies periodically, or
> convince opera to come out with a fbsd native = version.
> --
> = =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D
> Vivek Khera, = Ph.D.           &= nbsp;    Khera Communications, Inc.
> Internet: = khera@kciLink.com       Rockville, = MD       +1-240-453-8497
> AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera   http://www.khera.org/~vivek/
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to = majordomo@FreeBSD.org
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