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Date:      Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:35:06 +0100
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        Layder <layder@ukr.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Zombie processes
Message-ID:  <20020612203506.GA14359@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: <20020612225810.D2721-100000@cyanide.pro>
References:  <20020612225810.D2721-100000@cyanide.pro>

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 11:00:44PM +0300, Layder wrote:
> Processes in my box never gone. They become zombies and their
> quantity increased with time and than locks the system talking that
> cannot fork process. What can I do?

This can occasionally happen if init gets stuck in a strange state.
Have a look at the parent process ID of the zombies, and if it is
1, then do "ps -p 1 -o wchan" and see what state it is in. (It is
usually in "wait").

	David.

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