Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:19:09 -0400 | From | "Christopher Friesen" <> | Subject | Re: unkillable process in R state? |
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Ralf Baechle wrote: > > 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.
Um, no.
As I specified, it is an instance of a "find" command, and it just won't die.
Chris
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