Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:39:09 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PID with a 'D' status - what to do? Message-ID: <20010806133908.A109671@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <20010806080030.A76146@acadia.ne.mediaone.net>; from "Louis LeBlanc" on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 08:00:30AM References: <85913237@toto.iv> <15214.16928.322835.749014@guru.mired.org> <20010806052259.A231411@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> <20010806080030.A76146@acadia.ne.mediaone.net>
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On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 08:00:30AM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Did you try 'kill -9 <pid>'? > This amounts to "kill this with extreme prejudice, don't bother to > clean up." > > HTH > L > > On 08/06/01 05:23 AM, Duke Normandin sat at the `puter and typed: > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 02:07:12AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> types: > > > > What is the proper way to deal with a PID having a "D" status - i.e., > > > > it's uninterruptable - so that I can 'shutdown' cleanly? > > > > > > D is supposed to be a short term wait. If it's waiting on something > > > that's never going to happen, you might as well ignore it and shut > > > down anyway. What's it waiting on? > > > > > > <mike > > > > The pid is an attempt at mounting my CD Changer which my recent posts > > outline. It never does mount. I did a 'shutdown -h now' on a couple of > > these occasions only to have the system hang after the "sync message" on > > exit. The subsequent boot then produced a warning that the system had not > > been shutdown properly. So I was wondering if there was an "I don't care! > > kill this pid" command? > > -- > > -duke **Warning** the thread sequence is hosed because of top-posting Yep! Tried that ... but no joy! As someone else pointed out, "uninterruptable" means UNINTERRUPTABLE. I got it! I got it! ;) The issue has become moot however. I fixed the CD Changer problem. Now I'm happy -- for a short while. I'll be using my now-working CD Changer to install 4.2R, afterwhich I'm going 4.3Stable. Thanks for your input! -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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