Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 04:15:39 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Shaun Finn <sfinn@thecore.com> Cc: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>, Glen Foster <gfoster@gfoster.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: runaway processes Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960523041326.9012A-100000@sasami> In-Reply-To: <v01530500adc9649bbad3@[206.136.149.153]>
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On Wed, 22 May 1996, Shaun Finn wrote: > >Glen Foster wrote in message ID > ><199605222016.QAA00568@ptavv.nsta.org>: > >> When a user logs off without exiting pine the processes begin using > >> lots of CPU and cannot be killed with -INT. Has a fix or workaround > >> been developed for this? (Yeah, I know, don't run pine :-)! > >This is a bug in pine. Try ``kill -9 <PID>''. That should do it nicely > >:-) There is an update to pine (if I remember), but the new version > >may have other problems too... > We have used pine 3.91 thru 3.93 and the problem persists ;-) I was killing pine-3.91 processes at least twice a day, since upgrading to 3.93 that number is down to one or two a week. We've got more users now too... The problem isn't gone, but I've experienced it alot less. Have a good one. | Matthew N. Dodd | winter@jurai.net | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | | Technical Manager | mdodd@intersurf.net | http://www.intersurf.net | | InterSurf Online | "Welcome to the net Sir, would you like a handbasket?"|
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