Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:18:27 -0500 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot? |
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Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 04 November 2004 07:12, Jan Knutar wrote: > >>On Thursday 04 November 2004 13:57, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >>>I'e had that turned on since forever Jan, but usually, when its >>>hung someplace, its well and truely hung, and hardware reset >>>button time. >> >>Are you saying that these zombies (or tasks stuck in state D) also >>make sysrq-T hang, and not list all tasks? > > > I thought I'd test it right now while the system is runnng normally, > but I got only a beep from the console, so I went to > Documentation/sysrq.txt to make sure I was doing it right, and it is > _not_ working right now. But it is compiled in according to a make > xconfig, or a grep of the .config. > > [root@coyote linux-2.6.10-rc1-bk13]# grep SYSRQ .config > CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y > > I get a couple of beeps from the console, but thats the limit of the > response, and a tail -f on the log shows nothing. I also logged into > VC2, and tried it there, but that attempt didn't even get me a beep, > several times. > > The keyboard is a cheap ($24) M$ with a few extra buttons that don't > do anything along the top. And getting a bit creaky in its old age, > a lot like me, but I'm about 68 years older than the keyboard :) > Don't need to log in, do need two hands to hit all the keys at once;-) It works for me on a VC and unhung system, but I agree, when the system is well and truly hung reset is the only thing left.
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