Re: X11, Zombies, and logging out.
Re: X11, Zombies, and logging out.
- Subject: Re: X11, Zombies, and logging out.
- From: Justin Walker <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:39:40 -0800
On Monday, Jan 13, 2003, at 18:01 US/Pacific, Dima Brodsky wrote:
Hi,
When ever I exit from X, menu->quit, I get an X11 zombie that is
left around.
It's a known problem, and has been mentioned on this list a couple of
times. I believe the suggestion is that it will be fixed in the
proverbial Upcoming Release.
If I log out, all the zombies disappear.
Yup. That's when zombies are reaped.
What does
the system do to get rid of the zombies??
"The system" doesn't do anything. The parent of the zombified children
either exits, in which case 'init' collects them and disposes of them;
or it calls (or should call) wait(2) or one of its friends to collect
them. That's not happening right now. Logging out will cause the
former to occur.
Can I kill off the zombies
without logging out??
They're already dead, Jim. As has been observed at least once before,
zombies are fairly benign, unlike movies about them. They essentially
take up a process slot, but no (or few) other resources. Unless you
are churning out a lot of processes, you shouldn't have to worry. It's
mostly a cosmetic deal (which will be corrected, in the fullness of
time).
Regards,
Justin
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