Comment #42 on issue 23778 by codenamed004: Chrome fails to collect defunct/zombie processes remaining from closed tabs/windows. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23778
i think i can successfully reproduce these zombies on my computer ..the problem is with the plugin system if i go to http://www.osnews.com/ and randomly click their comment sections. All "exe" processes that are produced are loading the flashplayer plugin and they all end up as zombies when i close their tab if i enable adblock+ and adsweep extension to suppress ads, an exe process that loads a flashplugin will show up and will turn into a zombie a few seconds later ..the turning of the process into a zombie all by themselves suggests the exe processes are killed by the ad suppressing extensions if i remove the flashplugin from my mozilla folder and visit a website with a single flash banner that i can see, an exe process shows and it turns into a zombie a few seconds later and terminal reports the following error: [6853:6853:287241368841:ERROR:/home/ink/src/chromium/home/chrome- svn/tarball/chromium/src/base/native_library_linux.cc(24)] dlopen failed when trying to open /home/ink/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: /home/ink/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory i played a youtube video and an exe process showed up, i clicked the home button and it turned into a zombie all zombie exe processes attempted to load the flush plugin conclusion i have reached is that the exe processes fails to properly handle plugins, they turn into zombies when the cant load the plugin because they cant find it and they turn into one when they successfully load it bad cant unload it when a user closes the tab or browse away from a page with a flash based object -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings -- Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs
