Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 20:38:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com> To: kkenn@rebel.net.au Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unkillable processes Message-ID: <199907250138.UAA06405@celery.dragondata.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907251059000.20318-100000@morden.rebel.net.au> from Kris Kennaway at "Jul 25, 1999 11:04:36 am"
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> I've got myself two processes which can't be gotten rid of by SIGKILL: > > kkenn 92724 32.0 0.8 5736 356 ?? RN 6:25PM 136:52.96 kvt -T Terminal - > kkenn 1103 0.0 0.0 5740 388 ?? TWN - 0:00.00 (kvt) > > (kvt is the KDE 1.1.1 xterm) > > I am able to trigger this by attempting to paste the contents of a large > buffer from xemacs (v21.1 from ports) into the pico editor from pine4. > > Any ideas before I recompile kvt with -g and try and track down what it's > doing? > > Kris > > For one, do another 'ps' with the 'l' option, so you can see what it's stuck on. The second process is a zombie, which isn't killable until the parent tells it to go away. (Which could very possibly be the first kvt) Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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