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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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