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On Mon, 7 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote: |
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> When I run firefox 2.0.0.3 on my x86 laptop, the ps -eHF command produces |
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> following output: |
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> |
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> UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD |
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> ... |
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> ... |
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> marek 5788 5765 12 50526 73088 0 09:02 ? 00:13:42 |
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> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin |
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> marek 5869 5788 0 0 0 0 09:02 ? 00:00:00 |
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> [netstat] <defunct> |
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> |
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> Firefox is a parent of defunct netstat process. Of course, when I close |
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> firefox, the zombie disappears too. |
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> Could someone explain me how to get rid of it? |
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IIRC, I first noticed this in 1997, running Netscape 4 on HP/UX. It's |
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weird-looking, but it doesn't do anything bad. |
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-Daniel |
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