hi,
this is a strange problem: we have dual PIII with RH7.2 on it (as only OS).
Today, while X was logging out from KDE session, I tried to swich to text 
console (by Ctr-Alt-F1), and X just hanged. The rest of the system worked 
fine. This problem has occured several times in the past, and the solution 
was to restart the X by killing it. So I looked for X (top -bn1 | less) and 
found 2 processes. One process was pretty regular, and the other was: 
 9351 root       9   0     0    0     0 Z     0.0  0.0   0:00 X <defunct>
(I've never seen <defunct> note.
I killed the "usual" X - didn't help, tried to kill 9351 by 
kill -s 9 9351
 - no reaction. It's like 9351 has choosen to ignore the superuser !!!(  ;-) )

google search for X<defunct> did not gave something usefull (I just know that 
some guy had such a problem. Tried to mail him - apparently there is no such 
address).
My questions are: how is it possible that a process doues not respond to kill 
-s 9, is it possible to kill such a process anyway, what should I do in the 
future when this problem comes back, what will be the numbers in lotto in the 
next week and when will we sign pease with Syria

Thanks in advance, 
        Boris

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