Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:56:24 -0800 From: "John Purser" <johnmpurser@home.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: shutdown now doesn't work, some processes would not die Message-ID: <000701bf7a52$9e715e40$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com>
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Newbie with another question When I go to shut down my FreeBSD box (New installation, 3.4 CD media, Novice install, User distribution) I log on as root and enter "shutdown now". The system announces it's time for shutdown by root, pauses for a minute, then comes back with this error message: some processes would not die; ps axl advised and then it asks me where the shell is. If I go back in and run ps axl the only things I see running (aside from my shell and ps) are demons including mgetty. I assume mgetty is the problem and I send this kill signal: kill -9 PID where PID is the PID of mgetty from ps. There is no error message or confirmation but if I run ps axl again then mgetty will still be running. shutdown -h now gives the same error message but shuts down the machine anyway. QUESTIONS: Why can't I shut down mgetty? Can anyone give me some idea of which start up file is loading mgetty in the first place? Is it bad for the system to use shutdown -h now when it gives an error message? Thanks for the help, John Purser To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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