On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:38:23 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > I have a situation I had not seen before where when I try to start > firefox I'm told its already running. > > ps wwaux reveals: > (all on one line - wrapped for mail) > > reader 2617 2.1 6.9 804920 143440 pts/8 Ds+ Oct18 \ 31:58 > /usr/bin/firefox http://forums.winamp.com/login.php?a\ > =pwd&u=141665&i=7a4f7ceb7d50ee8a95868beb02620c8b53802eae
"Ds+" means the process is: D → uninterruptible sleep (usually IO) s → session leader + → run in foreground > So some kind of evil process firefox is involved in. > > as root: > > # kill -KILL 2617 > > But again `ps wwaux' reveals the same line. > > How does one go about kill a process that even root cannot kill with a > signal 9? This is what Google gives: Processes in an Uninterruptible Sleep (D) State http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7002725&sliceId=1 Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.10.19.13.56...@gmail.com
