tp# top
last pid: 23639; load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
up 13+06:57:13 13:53:54
65 processes: 1 running, 63 sleeping, 1 zombie
CPU states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 0.0% interrupt, 100% idle
Mem: 181M Active, 1535M Inact, 199M Wired, 79M Cache, 112M Buf, 4008K Free
Swap: 4096M Total, 88K Used, 4096M Free
wow, 1 zombie
first time I see this ‘zombie’
further work to see that zombie
ftp# ps -aux | grep Z
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND
root 24487 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? Z 2:00PM 0:00.00 <defunct>
<defunct>
what was thta?
from here :
http://www.cts.wustl.edu/
Defunct processes are processes that have become corrupted in such a
way the no long can communicate (not really the right word, like
signal each other) with their parent or child process. So kill the
parent or child and 99% of the time (around here at least) the defunct
process will go away! No parent or child, your out of luck, or look
for a stuck automount.
Hmm….