Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!davidsen From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Need help with SCO: the process that would not die. Message-ID: <8016@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 16:18:09 EST Article-I.D.: steinmet.8016 Posted: Mon Nov 30 16:18:09 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 06:16:07 EST References: <116@citcom.UUCP> <911@csun.UUCP> Reply-To: davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 10 Keywords: ps kill process SCO xenix Xref: mnetor comp.unix.xenix:1233 comp.unix.questions:5142 I believe that the process which won't die and is not a zombie has an i/o outstanding. The kernel thinks the i/o will terminate and it doesn't. Lost interrupt? This may have nothing to do with your problem, but I have seen it on other systems. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me