From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-63622-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1HlZ4k-0005Ui-4e for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 May 2007 23:26:34 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l48NOaxG005227; Tue, 8 May 2007 23:24:36 GMT Received: from iabervon.org (iabervon.org [66.92.72.58]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l48NJrXk032225 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 8 May 2007 23:19:53 GMT Received: (qmail 19642 invoked by uid 1000); 8 May 2007 23:19:53 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 May 2007 23:19:53 -0000 Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 19:19:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox generates zombies. In-Reply-To: <463F08F7.8070107@gmail.com> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705081913460.18541@iabervon.org> References: <200705061746.18941.peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com> <674926.37061.qm@web31807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20070507084753.34879e2b@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <463F08F7.8070107@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Archives-Salt: bb7a9bfc-8a47-4498-bef6-862e5e168cc5 X-Archives-Hash: 57bbc3caefb6dfbfcf45b2061b3bde5c On Mon, 7 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote: > When I run firefox 2.0.0.3 on my x86 laptop, the ps -eHF command produces > following output: > > UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD > ... > ... > marek 5788 5765 12 50526 73088 0 09:02 ? 00:13:42 > /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin > marek 5869 5788 0 0 0 0 09:02 ? 00:00:00 > [netstat] <defunct> > > Firefox is a parent of defunct netstat process. Of course, when I close > firefox, the zombie disappears too. > Could someone explain me how to get rid of it? IIRC, I first noticed this in 1997, running Netscape 4 on HP/UX. It's weird-looking, but it doesn't do anything bad. -Daniel *This .sig left intentionally blank* -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list