> -----Mensaje original----- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > En nombre de Blaisorblade > Enviado el: sábado, 08 de enero de 2005 12:15 > Para: David Fernández > CC: user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net; 'Fermín > Galán Márquez' > Asunto: Re: [uml-user] "Zombie" linux process (UML 2.6.9 on > 2.6.9-skas3-v7 host) > > On Wednesday 05 January 2005 03:06, David Fernández wrote: > > Just a new fact (and solution) I discovered related to > the zombie process. > > As pointed by Paolo, It seems the problem is related in > some way to xterms. > > > > I have checked that adding the following to the command line: > > > > xterm=gnome-terminal,-t,-x > > > > which changes xterms to gnome-terminals, the zombie > process dissapears. > > > > So, the results experimented so far using 2.6.9-bb4 guest > on 2.6.9-skas3-v7 > > depending on the command line parameters are the following: > > > > con=null con0=pts ---> OK > > con=null con0=xterm ---> NOTOK (zombie process left > after halting) > > con=null con0=xterm xterm=gnome-terminal,-t,-x --> OK > > > Best regards, > > David > Well, your bug is a secondary one... everyone with > UML/2.6.9 has problems onto host/2.6.9, because of core > changes in the host kernel... UML/2.6.9-bb4 fixes > them for most people (I can't reproduce the problems in > SKAS mode with -bb4, so I can't diagnose them). > > In your case there is a problem with xterm configuration, > which makes one more zombie appear (is the "xterm" binary > installed and working?). > > UML should maybe handle error better in that case, but that > code is not easy to fix, as noted in the comment about > xterm_open()... That said, however, I'd like to get more info > about your setup, remembering that your "Zombie"-thing > related with xterm's is another bug, different from the main one... > > Please, make sure that "xterm" exists and works well on > your system... probably it has not been installed and UML fails > starting it.
No, I am afraid that is not the case. xterm is installed in the host and works as expected: I can type "xterm" anytime and I get a working xterm. In fact, when I start a UML virtual machine, the xterm consoles work normally. The only problem noticed is the zombie process left after halting the virtual machine. xterm is not installed in the guest rootfilesystem, but I understand that is not needed. In fact, this rootfilesystem has been working with kernels <=2.6.5. I am at present testing on a standard Fedora Core 3 system, but I think it is not a problem related to the distribution, as Fermín has a different one (Debian I think) and has exactly the same problem. Maybe the problem is specific to the way UML virtual machines are started by VNUML tool. Or specific to the guest kernel config or rootfilesystems we use (?). I will try to reproduce the problem using other rootfilesystems/kernel config, in order to compare them and find the difference that raises the problem. If you have any recomendation about a specific kernel config and rootfilesystem you know that works, I would appreciate a reference. Best regards, David > I look forward for an answer on this point. Bye bye! > -- > Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade > Linux registered user n. 292729 > http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, > almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > User-mode-linux-user mailing list > User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user > ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
