From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 7:36:38 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 07:36:37 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBA0837B400 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 07:36:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eB6FaY913116; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:36:34 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:36:33 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Chris Byrnes Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Process wont be killed. Message-ID: <20001206093633.C6445@dan.emsphone.com> References: <200012060702.eB672tZ44601@awww.jeah.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <200012060702.eB672tZ44601@awww.jeah.net>; from "Chris Byrnes" on Wed Dec 6 01:02:55 GMT 2000 X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Sender: dan@dan.emsphone.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In the last episode (Dec 06), Chris Byrnes said: > chris 27194 0.0 0.0 0 0 p1- IEs 7:57PM 0:00.08 -bash (bash) > > I can't kill this process, even as root. Any idea how to fix the > problem? Processes in the "E" state mean that they are "Exiting", which means the kernel is trying to free up the processes resources. To find out exactly what's holding things up, run "ps lp 27194", and take a look at the WCHAN column. Most of the time it'll be waiting on "ttywai", which means someone hit ^S on that vty, blocking output. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message