Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > "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
OK, whats the trick? How do you find this stuff so quick...? According to Novell, that means it is unkillable short of a reboot. But maybe I can supply the i/o it is waiting for... trouble is I cannot find it. Doesn't show up in top at all. I see no instances of firefox at all. Allegedly it is in the foreground, so shouldn't I be able to see it? Its hard to believe that on linux there can be a process that will prevent user from accessing the web browser, and that it cannot be killed short of a reboot. -- 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/87ty758324....@newsguy.com
