I launch MCC, test every module and before closing it I've got this ( see
below ). fortunately closing mcc kill process in the right way
[will@bastard will]$ ps -fe | grep defunct
root 13864 13302 0 12:14 pts/3 00:00:05 [logdrake <defunct>]
root 13867 13302 0 12:15 pts/3 00:00:01 [logdrake <defunct>]
root 13880 13302 0 12:18 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakfloppy <defunct>]
root 13883 13302 0 12:19 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakfloppy <defunct>]
root 13886 13302 0 12:19 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakboot <defunct>]
root 13891 13302 0 12:20 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakboot <defunct>]
root 13896 13302 0 12:20 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakfloppy <defunct>]
root 13901 13302 0 12:21 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakautoinst <defunct>]
root 13903 13302 0 12:22 pts/3 00:00:03 [harddrake2 <defunct>]
root 14050 13302 0 12:29 pts/3 00:00:02 [XFdrake <defunct>]
root 14053 13302 0 12:29 pts/3 00:00:01 [XFdrake <defunct>]
root 14056 13302 0 12:30 pts/3 00:00:02 [XFdrake <defunct>]
root 14065 13302 0 12:30 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakxtv <defunct>]
root 14069 13302 0 12:34 pts/3 00:00:01 [keyboarddrake <defunct>]
root 14071 13302 0 12:34 pts/3 00:00:01 [mousedrake <defunct>]
root 14073 13302 0 12:35 pts/3 00:00:02 [printerdrake <defunct>]
root 14446 13302 0 12:38 pts/3 00:00:01 [scannerdrake <defunct>]
root 14459 13302 0 12:45 pts/3 00:00:02 [diskdrake <defunct>]
root 14478 13302 0 12:47 pts/3 00:00:01 [diskdrake <defunct>]
root 14491 13302 0 12:48 pts/3 00:00:01 [diskdrake <defunct>]
root 14504 13302 0 12:48 pts/3 00:00:01 [diskdrake <defunct>]
root 14517 13302 0 12:48 pts/3 00:00:01 [diskdrake <defunct>]
root 14532 13302 0 12:49 pts/3 00:00:01 [diskdrake <defunct>]
root 14552 13302 0 12:51 pts/3 00:00:01 [diskdrake <defunct>]
root 14565 13302 0 12:51 pts/3 00:00:01 [diskdrake <defunct>]
root 14567 13302 0 12:52 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakconnect <defunct>]
root 14641 13302 0 12:53 pts/3 00:00:04 [drakconnect <defunct>]
root 15265 13302 0 13:04 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakproxy <defunct>]
root 15267 13302 0 13:04 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakgw <defunct>]
root 15269 13302 0 13:04 pts/3 00:00:00 [draksec <defunct>]
root 15270 13302 0 13:06 pts/3 00:00:01 [tinyfirewall <defunct>]
root 15275 13302 0 13:06 pts/3 00:00:00 [menus_launcher. <defunct>]
root 15282 13302 0 13:09 pts/3 00:00:01 [drakxservices <defunct>]
root 15285 13302 0 13:10 pts/3 00:00:00 [drakfont <defunct>]
root 15288 13302 0 13:11 pts/3 00:00:00 [clock.pl <defunct>]
root 15290 13302 0 13:12 pts/3 00:00:01 [logdrake <defunct>]
root 15296 13302 0 13:14 pts/3 00:00:00 [sh <defunct>]
root 15347 13302 0 13:15 pts/3 00:00:00 [consolehelper-g <defunct>]
will 15387 2222 0 13:43 pts/4 00:00:00 grep defunct
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Watch out for off-by-one errors.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
