Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261841AbUKCTfN (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:35:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261836AbUKCTeF (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:34:05 -0500 Received: from sp-260-1.net4.netcentrix.net ([4.21.254.118]:25488 "EHLO asmodeus.mcnaught.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261832AbUKCTdL convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:33:11 -0500 To: gheskett@wdtv.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , DervishD Subject: Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot? References: <200411030751.39578.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <200411031353.39468.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <200411031424.23149.gheskett@wdtv.com> From: Doug McNaught Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 14:33:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200411031424.23149.gheskett@wdtv.com> (Gene Heskett's message of "Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:24:23 -0500") Message-ID: <871xfa683w.fsf@asmodeus.mcnaught.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/20.7 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 685 Lines: 20 Gene Heskett writes: > On Wednesday 03 November 2004 14:03, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: >> >>That's because its parent was still sitting around refusing to >> wait() for them. > > Define 'parent' when it was a click on the apps icon on the xwindow > screen that started it, please. Whichever process called fork() to create the app process is the parent. Sounds like it's some component of the desktop environment. -Doug - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/