Mike Burger wrote: >> On 13Sep2011 10:14, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> | sunhux G wrote: >> | <snip> >> | > # lsof -a -p 7892 >> | > < above command just pauses/hangs there; it's been over 2 hrs >> already >> | > >> | > # strace -p7892 >> | > Process 7892 attached - interrupt to quit >> | > < it pauses there & Ctrl-C did not yield any response > >> | > (have to do 'pkill -9 strace' to exit it) >> | <snip> >> | As a side note, did you try <crtl-D>? >> >> Sigh. Whatever for? At least ctrl-C sends SIGINT. ctlr-D just flushes Sorry, I was under the impression strace was hung, and thought ctrl-d might break out, short of killing the strace. <snip> > If you have a process that is stuck in a zombie mode and kill -9 isn't > getting rid of it, you may need to do something with the parent process > that spawned it in the first place. Yeah, but too often, the parent process has gone, and the zombie's now got a parent of 1. mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list