zombie processes [was Re: Uptimes - any guidance?]

2009-06-27 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 04:46:07PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: [...] > In other messages, zombie processes were mentioned. These should be reaped > by their parent process. If not, when their parent process dies they will > be re-parented, eventually leading them to being ch

Re: Memory problems, zombie processes

2001-09-30 Thread Dmitriy
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 02:04:12PM +, Dope on Plaztic,,, wrote: > Hi > > Please forgive me as this is my first post but i think i have the format > right ;> > > I have been experiencing problems on my Debian box(2.2r2, sid dist. pIII > 500mhz 128mb ram). The

Memory problems, zombie processes

2001-09-30 Thread Dope on Plaztic,,,
Hi Please forgive me as this is my first post but i think i have the format right ;> I have been experiencing problems on my Debian box(2.2r2, sid dist. pIII 500mhz 128mb ram). The problems include 'zombie processes', ie issuing a 'cat' of a file, and it does not happe

Re: zombie processes

1998-01-02 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Jan 02, 1998 at 10:06:00PM +0100, Frock wrote: > I have a simple question: > > Why does a proces turn into a that can't be killed, and how can I > avoid those? You cannot kill zombies; they are already dead! (from Unix Power Tools - a good book by Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly and other).

zombie processes

1998-01-02 Thread Frock
I have a simple question: Why does a proces turn into a that can't be killed, and how can I avoid those? /Frock Official Team K-net Denmark RC5 pages: http://www.ostenfeld.dk/~frock -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-ma