site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Hi, lsof yields no associated files with the process. Andre _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... I am working with a project which does serial port communication. I opened the serial port and attempted to close it. Since then my application has stayed in the exiting state, for the past 3 days. Attempting to do a 'kill -9' on it has no success. The entry from ps is: ajmas 8833 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? E Wed10pm 0:00.00 (java) Is there any way of establishing what could be preventing the application from exiting? I am using MacOS X 10.5.1. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com