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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:39:49 -0500 (EST)
From:      Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net>
To:        mike johnson <ahze@baddog.yi.org>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: kill -9 not going..
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.32.0101242338270.20069-100000@zoraida.reyes.somos.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010122061742.2A9F758A0@baddog.yi.org>

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On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, mike johnson wrote:
> Any reason why sometimes when i start gqmpeg it just bogs out and dies but
> its still in 'ps x' not as a zombie either. But I can not kill -9(-anything
> else either) it , it just ignores the kill and end up haveing to reboot or
> after a while the system becomes unstable.


Don't have an exact answer, but I do recall in the past discussions about
"unkillable processes". A search in the archives will probably get you
more info. I do recall it had to do with the priority of the process.



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