Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 11 Oct 2001 19:25:20 +0200 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: unkillable process in R state? |
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On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 12:48:22PM -0400, Christopher Friesen wrote:
> I have a process (an instance of a find command) that seems to be > unkillable (ie kill -9 <pid> as root doesn't work). > > Top shows it's status as R. > > Is there anything I can do to kill the thing? It's taking up all unused cpu > cycles (currently at 97.4%).
I assume that's kapm-idled. That's normal, it's job is exactly burning unused cycles.
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