From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 19 20:56:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68401106564A for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EB678FC13 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so674252wfg.7 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:56:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to :sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=icmWfFDL/+MSmcIfPK38KC/yktGrvEMXsVdz/CB004Y=; b=PcfiuxFtewYWLMsk0nufwa6eafhNJxCAnxlmqoZHvE4Nc7FBcU6AW4eg9y/IpcsMIV OEa6HduxvO2RuoJsr3qMjX+XiXsiD8VC3p4/6KPOOzjnf6U97/Mw3onHLiHWKpV/y+69 rmfugeNuJyklTrNq3hn265P964XtkCxdY2OHY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=FxsZyshzZ6CYO+vSaA9hBndFRCxqvuMrel3r4qFboMBxdBoHOU9+RcNmgZF5QyVMxv /rljioIoBEK+9PWFHwdEzN3R6ey7T2oCTm4V7gRsC2SJXtumLe7RGW/rB5+1eP/Pgnj9 d6P5hQsmhtpfoZPQKV1a3wtzbNFNcQ+NXliQk= Received: by 10.142.154.20 with SMTP id b20mr223214wfe.59.1221857816475; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:56:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.141.5 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:56:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <539c60b90809191356q5b953b20l7d65e45dcff5033e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:56:56 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" Sender: bahamasfranks@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, stevefranks@ieee.org In-Reply-To: <200809191812.m8JICBhB011472@lurza.secnetix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <539c60b90809191041p2490130exa024b1f84d44b2f3@mail.gmail.com> <200809191812.m8JICBhB011472@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Google-Sender-Auth: d599ad9fdbbaf417 Cc: Subject: Re: kill -KILL fails to kill process X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: stevefranks@ieee.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:56:57 -0000 > If you can't kill a process (even with SIGKILL), it means > that the process currently can't be put on the run queue, > because only processes that are able to run can receive > signals. Given that, such a situation usually has one of > these three reasons: Clearly and I/O block is my specific problem, given the behavior. That term "signal" in the man page did seem like kill is not the brute-force method for making a process go away. Suprising no one has cooked up something more 'lethal'... Steve