Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!houxm!hropus!jrw From: jrw@hropus.UUCP (Jim Webb) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: killing a login on Zilog Message-ID: <818@hropus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Dec-86 11:55:13 EST Article-I.D.: hropus.818 Posted: Tue Dec 9 11:55:13 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 20:03:20 EST References: <1809@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 17 > Every once in a while, a "login" process runs forever on our Zilog > 8000/31 computer. I cannot kill this process, and nobody can use > that port. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv > I know the cause of the problem (ie. what causes the login to get > stuck). But, assuming that I can't make that go away, I need to > find out how to kill this process. Care to let us in on it? Usually, non-killable processes are sleeping on an event at a priority that does not recognize signals, so you have to cause the wakeup. If on a terminal, sometimes the brute force method of plugging and unplugging the cable causes the hardware to awaken the process. -- Jim Webb "Out of phase--get help" ...!ihnp4!hropus!jrw "Make sure comments and code agree. If not, write a man page..."