Public bug reported: In Hardy, it seems that sometimes certain processes will go awry and become completely unkillable, i.e. kill -9 has no effect. When this happens the processes appear to be consuming 100% CPU.
I am reporting this as a kernel bug because kill -9 should basically always work, regardless of a bug in a particular program. The most frequent program to encounter this issue seems to be totem, as reported here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=788380 I have, however, also seen Firefox do this, specifically when playing a movie with Flash. This issue is definitely new in hardy. I have been running the same media-center computer under edgy, feisty, and gutsy, and I've never seen this issue before. ** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- completely unkillable process eating 100% CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230993 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
