Re: Unkillable process with firefox

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:

>> According to Novell, that means it is unkillable short of a reboot. But
>> maybe I can supply the i/o it is waiting for... trouble is I cannot find
>> it.  Doesn't show up in top at all.  I see no instances of firefox at
>> all.  Allegedly it is in the foreground, so shouldn't I be able to see
>> it?
>
> How did you run the firefox process, from a console?

I don't really remember for sure, but the ps wwaux output mentioned a
forum on the winamp web pages so I was probably reading the forum.

>> Its hard to believe that on linux there can be a process that will
>> prevent user from accessing the web browser, and that it cannot be
>> killed short of a reboot.
>
> Yep, that things can happen and sometimes there is no other way but a  
> reboot.

I wonder if `telinit 1' would have done the job?  To late to try now
since a reboot has gotten rid of the nasty thing.