On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 00:19, Ian Bruseker wrote: > So, I was copying a file from my watch (a USB memory watch), and the process > hung. lsof shows me the to and from files still open, which means I can't > unmount the drive properly (yes, I could just disconnect the USB, but that's > not the point). But a `kill -s 9 <process id>` of the cp process doesn't > touch it. Even as root I can't kill it. Now, I have another process (a mv > of about 20 files, from one partition to another, not involving the watch > drive) that died and it can't be killed either. Yes, I can reboot my > machine, but is there something that would work other than that to kill off > these mostly dead processes? > > Ian
First, hello everybody - this is my first post, as I've just moved to Calgary and just joined the mailing list. Anyways, as others have stated - there is nothing stronger than kill -9 (other than rebooting :). If this is a common occurrence and it annoys you, I believe that the preemptible kernel patches allow even 'D' processes to be killed. Since this patch allows the kernel to be interrupted, a kill -9 will even stop I/O waiting processes. I believe that kernel 2.6 has this patch built in. -- Brent Graveland [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
