From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 18 14:32:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rhenium.btinternet.com (rhenium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B74737BBB8 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:32:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from [213.1.100.112] (helo=parish.my.domain) by gadolinium with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 12hdFw-0005M9-00; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:52 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA03181; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:15:17 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:15:17 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Carl Mascott Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 3.3-R: progs started from olvwm menu leave zombies Message-ID: <20000418191517.C232@parish> References: <200004140034.UAA22091@world.std.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200004140034.UAA22091@world.std.com>; from cmascott@world.std.com on Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 08:34:02PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 08:34:02PM -0400, Carl Mascott wrote: > I'm having a problem with FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE that I didn't > have with 2.2.7-RELEASE. When I exit a program that I started > from my olvwm 4.2 Programs menu, if the program created a > child process, that child process becomes a zombie. I have > three programs that do this: > > Netscape Navigator 4.08 for FreeBSD; > Netscape Navigator 4.72 for FreeBSD; > An MP3 player that uses the xaudio library, FreeBSD version. > > All of these are a.out executables. > Unfortunately, source code isn't available for these, at least > not for the part that does the fork/exec. > > If I start any of these programs from a shell prompt in an > xterm window, running the program in the background, there's > no zombie after I exit the program. > > Is this a bug in FreeBSD 3.3? A bug in olvwm 4.2? A "bad > interaction" between the two? Have there been any changes > in signals/process groups between 2.2.7 and 3.3? > FWIW I would abandon olvwm now. I used to use it (now I use fvwm2) but no-one appears to be maintaining it any longer; in fact, xview-config and xview-lib are no longer in the ports. I, and others, have found bugs in shelltool(1) and the olvwm menus which, it appears, are never going to be fixed. > Please e-mail me directly: I'm not subscribed to this list. > Thanks. > > -- > Carl Mascott > cmascott@world.std.com > uunet!world!cmascott > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message