From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 14 15:37:36 2009 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 0526C1065676; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:37:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F828FC14; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:37:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.63]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MnDcP-00004A-Hn; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:37:35 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by isis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MnDcP-0006Qj-45; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:37:29 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8EFbS1I060191; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:37:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8EFbSnP060190; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:37:28 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:37:28 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090914153728.GA60162@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -4.2 X-Spam-Level: ---- Cc: glewis@freebsd.org Subject: port math/gnuplot hangs and ignores "kill -9" 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: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:37:36 -0000 on ia64 HEAD, gnuplot-4.2.6, any plot command hangs the program. top shows gnuplot is using 100% of CPU, yeat CPU time is zero: PID UID THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND 60071 1001 2 48 0 98008K 51424K CPU1 1 0:00 100.00% gnuplot kill -9 60071, either from my account, or from root, has no effect, the process is still there. I cannot find a way to terminate this hanged process without reboot. This seems to be a regression. Please advise many thanks -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 331 5924