> The problem processes I was refering to _were_ consuming resources.
> This makes them more important to clean up than just a zombie.
Perhaps your problem processes were in the 'D' state - an uniterruptible sleep
state. They might be waiting on a resource that never becomes available and
are therefore deadlocked. You cannot kill such processes (of course you can
reboot). I've had xmms do this to me a few times, and mount occasionally
does it too.
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Damien Bateman
Egressive Ltd
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