Re: how to kill a process that is "defunct"?

To: François TOURDE <fra-du@tourde.org>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: how to kill a process that is "defunct"?
From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:33:27 +0200
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On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 15:08, François TOURDE <fra-du@tourde.org> wrote:
> What??? Why killall or reboot?
>
> The zombie process don't use any resources in general. No need to reboot
> at this point, because nothing is wrong.
>

If it's running in a shell, then I agree that it is no bother (doesn't
use any memory or CPU). However, if it is a GUI app who's window is
still stuck on the screen, then something ought to be done to get rid
of that window!

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