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Subject: Re: [FreeBSD 5.3-RC2] Processes STILL hanging in unkillable state
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On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 08:32:22 -0500
Marc Ramirez <marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday 02 November 2004 01:43 am, Jason Harmening wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just upgraded to 5.3-RC2, and I'm still running into the problem
> > where processes will hang in an unkillable state.  In particular,
> > this happens for me with OpenOffice under a heavy load.   'ps'
> > reports the state as 'TL' and 'top' reports the state as STOP. 
> > Neither kill -CONT nor kill -KILL will work.  I have libc_r
> > libmapped to libpthread as recommended.  Also note that this is with
> > 5.3-RC2, which supposedly fixed a similar problem relating to gdb. 
> > Should I recompile OpenOffice?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason Harmening
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> 
> Me too.
> 

 This happens for me with XMMS in 6-CURRENT.

 'procctl', which was mentioned earlier in this thread, does not help
either.

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