In article <1fcqs3INNgks@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE> sprave@gonzo.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Joachim Sprave) writes:
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>In article <168AF8D42.HIPKR@ibm.rz.tu-clausthal.de>,
>HIPKR@ibm.rz.tu-clausthal.de (P.Kruse) writes:
>
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>|> You can kill the zombies with 'kill -9 <pid>' where pid means
>|> the process-id reported from the ps.
>|>  
>
>I don't know how Linux handles processes which are waiting
>for unreachable devices like printers out of paper or something
>like that. In most unices they will get a kill signal just
>when they are awaken, what *never* will happen.
>
On more than one occaison, I've had processes that won't die, even
when given signal 9 from root.

-Joel