On 2008-05-25 11:08:44 +0100, Stephane Chazelas wrote: > zombies are not processes so cannot contribute to load average.
Except in case of kernel bugs, I suppose. > Could you try top -H (to see threads) I don't see anything special. > and the same thing with pdksh? Just like with bash, no problem when I start vlc from pdksh and interrupt it in the same way. No kernel oops in /var/log/kern.log. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]