With kernel 2.4.18 (well, I noticed that I didn't have the following problem for a while, and I was using kernel 2.4.25 at this time), I've noticed that Mozilla and ogg123 leave zombies:
ay:~> ps -aef|grep "defunct[>]" lefevre 1836 1663 0 02:34 pts/6 00:00:00 [ogg123] <defunct> lefevre 2040 1663 0 02:39 pts/6 00:00:00 [ogg123] <defunct> lefevre 2067 1420 0 02:43 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2068 1420 0 02:43 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2116 1420 0 02:46 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2117 1420 0 02:46 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2118 1420 0 02:46 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2119 1420 0 02:46 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2120 1420 0 02:46 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2122 1663 0 02:47 pts/6 00:00:00 [ogg123] <defunct> lefevre 2127 1663 0 02:48 pts/6 00:00:00 [ogg123] <defunct> lefevre 2286 1663 0 02:49 pts/6 00:00:00 [ogg123] <defunct> lefevre 2294 1420 0 02:50 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2295 1420 0 02:50 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2299 1663 0 02:51 pts/6 00:00:01 [ogg123] <defunct> lefevre 2320 1420 0 02:57 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2321 1420 0 02:57 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2481 1420 0 03:01 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2482 1420 0 03:01 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> lefevre 2512 1420 0 03:05 tty1 00:00:00 [mozilla-bin] <defunct> I'm using ogg123 with several ogg files as arguments, and a zombie appears each time ogg123 finishes playing a file. Concerning Mozilla, I've never managed to know when zombies appear, but after several days, I usually have hundreds of zombies. Did anyone else notice the same problem? -- Vincent Lef�vre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn / RISC OS / ARM, free software, YP17, Championnat International des Jeux Math�matiques et Logiques, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
