Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 09:41:14 +0100 (BST) From: Scot Elliott <scot@planet-three.com> To: Eddie Irvine <eirvine@tpgi.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new Bug with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408093913.7634A-100000@Jupiter.planet-three.com> In-Reply-To: <01bd62c8$0905d3c0$a01a1acb@gretchen>
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I assume this is because the process blocks HUP signals, and ends up reading a device which gives it endless amounts of input when the user quits; I find this happens quite a lot, especially with X-apps like Netscape and XEmacs, and expecially with pine. I do seem to remember there being a port or package to help kill a users' processes when this happens. Scot. On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Eddie Irvine wrote: > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 18:26:32 +1000 > From: Eddie Irvine <eirvine@tpgi.com.au> > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: A new Bug with FreeBSD? > > > Hi > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2 Stable and am wondering > if this is a bug I should report. Perhaps someone > would like to try and duplicate it? > > You will need "elm" and the editor "ee" on > your system, as well as a telnet client on a > PC or a Mac. > > Telnet to FBSD as an ordinary user. > > Set up "ee" as your default editor in .profile > > enter elm, and start to edit a new mail message. > Your screen editor should be "ee". > > Do not leave the editor in the normal way. > Instead, just rudely quit the telnet session. > (eg: File->Quit). > > Go to the console and run "top". > > top should show the "ee" process still active, > using up 95% of CPU time. Now go to your > ethernet hub. It should show a whole heap > of activity - much more than normal. > > I presume this shouldn't happen on a Unix system - > all processes should be children of the logged in > user, and thus should get KILL'ed when the user > exits, no matter how they exit. > > > Eddie. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scot Elliott (scot@poptart.org) | Work: +44 (0)171 7046777 PGP fingerprint: FCAE9ED3A234FEB59F8C7F9DDD112D | Home: +44 (0)181 8961019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public key available by finger at: finger scot@poptart.org or at: http://www.poptart.org/pgpkey.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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