Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262186AbUKDMXI (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:23:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262192AbUKDMW0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:22:26 -0500 Received: from out012pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.137]:21169 "EHLO out012.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262186AbUKDMTA (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:19:00 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: gene.heskett@verizon.net Organization: Organization: None, detectable by casual observers To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot? Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:18:54 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Cc: Jan Knutar , Tom Felker References: <200411030751.39578.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <200411040657.10322.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <200411041412.42493.jk-lkml@sci.fi> In-Reply-To: <200411041412.42493.jk-lkml@sci.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411040718.54250.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out012.verizon.net from [151.205.11.139] at Thu, 4 Nov 2004 06:18:54 -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1101 Lines: 26 On Thursday 04 November 2004 07:12, Jan Knutar wrote: >On Thursday 04 November 2004 13:57, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I'e had that turned on since forever Jan, but usually, when its >> hung someplace, its well and truely hung, and hardware reset >> button time. > >Are you saying that these zombies (or tasks stuck in state D) also > make sysrq-T hang, and not list all tasks? The machine is hung. No ssh, no ping response, the only button that works is the hardware reset on the front of the tower. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.28% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. - 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/