On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Pong wrote: > well a zombie in linux is a process whose process space (code/data) > are already gone but still has an entry in the process table in kernel.
Hmm... Can zombies prevent a program from launching again? In my experience. many times OpenOffice won't load because of what seems to be a zombie OpenOffice process is still listed by ps aux. Killing it usually solves the problem. Is this the same case, or is this something else? God bless! -- HB 4110: The House's Recipe for Disaster http://phtimes.freewebsitehosting.com --[Manny [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member: Philippine League for Democratic Telecommunications "Affordable Access for All" --[Open Minds Philippines]--------------------[openminds.linux.org.ph]-- -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
