Zombies

[Nils Schlupp]

On Monday 26 May 2008 13:30:38 Bill Moseley wrote:
> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 12:59:28PM -0500, Nils Schlupp wrote:
> > On Monday 26 May 2008 12:50:45 Bill Moseley wrote:
> > > I'm seeing a lot of zobmie processes:
> > >
> > >  6685 ?        S      0:06 amarokapp
> > >  6717 ?        Z      0:00  \_ [ruby] <defunct>
> > >  6718 ?        Z      0:00  \_ [ruby] <defunct>
> > >
> > > Is amarokapp not trapping sigchild and reaping the zombies?
> >
> > Which plugins are your running?
>
> I thought of that after I posted.  I remember not too long ago the
> Lyrics plugin crashing.  That may be it.
>
> I'm no Linux IPC expert, but wouldn't a process marked "Z" indicate
> that it has sent a SIGCHILD to the parent?

I'm not sure but i think all the Z stands for is Zombie, nothing more.
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