Thanks Bob, and others that have responded to my question. I will most likely reboot the system, I just didn't want to if I didn't need to.
I suspect a hardware "glitch" occured during last Sundays backup. One of the three BU files had a zero length. I have tried to run that portion of the backup again and those tries have ended up in a D process status also. There are about 15 anonymous FTP processes that are D too, all from about the same time frame. I"m not sure a reboot will solve the original problem, but maybe it will allow the system to operate properly again as it has for almost a year now. We'll see how this Sundays backup goes and watch it closely for more Uninterruptible sleeping processes. Dave --- Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Wyatt wrote: > > > I have several processes with a D status listed on > the > > ps -ax output. This means "uninterruptible sleep > > (usually IO)" according to man. > > "Uninterruptible" means that it won't respond to > signals. (The kill > command sends a signal.) You're probably looking at > a kernel or > device driver bug. > > You can either ignore the processes or reboot the > box. > > Send us the output from "ps flaxww" if you want > further opinions. > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > kbobsoft software consulting > http://kbobsoft.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Eug-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
