From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 06:36:01 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 22B26106566B for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:36:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E558FC16 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:35:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8K6Zrka008702; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:35:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m8K6ZrnR008699; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:35:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:35:53 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, stevefranks@ieee.org In-Reply-To: <200809191812.m8JICBhB011472@lurza.secnetix.de> Message-ID: <20080920083439.B8658@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <200809191812.m8JICBhB011472@lurza.secnetix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: kill -KILL fails to kill process X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:36:01 -0000 > > 1. The process hangs in "disk wait" (flag "D" in ps' STAT > column). This often means there's a hardware problem > with your disk or controller (or a driver bug), or a > network problem if you use NFS. not this for sure. no NFS, no filesystem is blocked. > > 2. The process was suspended (SIGSTOP). In this case > there is the flag "T" in ps' STAT column. Try sending > a SIGCONT to the process. tried (kill -19) then kill -9, doesn't help. > Such a "dead" entry in the process table is called a > zombie process. In ps' STAT column there is the "Z" > flag. no Z flag. 887 ?? Ts 0:02,20 asterisk -C /centrala/etc/asterisk.conf