Re: Unkillable process with firefox

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:38:23 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:

> I have a situation I had not seen before where when I try to start
> firefox I'm told its already running.
> 
> ps wwaux reveals:
> (all on one line - wrapped for mail)
> 
>   reader    2617  2.1  6.9 804920 143440 pts/8   Ds+  Oct18  \ 31:58
>   /usr/bin/firefox http://forums.winamp.com/login.php?a\
>   =pwd&u=141665&i=7a4f7ceb7d50ee8a95868beb02620c8b53802eae

"Ds+" means the process is:

D → uninterruptible sleep (usually IO)
s → session leader 
+ → run in foreground

> So some kind of evil process firefox is involved in.
> 
> as root:
> 
> # kill -KILL 2617
> 
> But again `ps wwaux' reveals the same line.
> 
> How does one go about kill a process that even root cannot kill with a
> signal 9?

This is what Google gives:

Processes in an Uninterruptible Sleep (D) State
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7002725&sliceId=1

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón