> ps auxf shows that it doesn't have a parent process (at least not reported
> by ps). I don't have strace on that box, so will have to install that.
> However lsof is on it, and if I am interpreting the results correctly it is
> waiting on libc-2.2.so.
All processes except init (PID 1) have a parent process, be it the
controlling terminal or some other program. Do a "ps -el" to see this
(look under the PPID, or Parent Process ID, and note how everything ties
into init). init is VERY important. It is started by the kernel to set up
the terminals, among a few other things, which is what everything else
runs on. Do not kill init. If you do, and if you even can, yer system will
become a veggy until you reboot it (unless init magically restarts.. but
that would be a bit of a security bug).
glibc 2.2, eh.. that could always be your problem. glibc 2.2 was just
recently released and you might have found a bit of a deadlock bug with
it.
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