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From: Marek Miller <mlm.mailing.list@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Firefox generates zombies.
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 09:14:47
Message-Id: 463F08F7.8070107@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Enable the mouse for the console by Neil Bothwick
1 When I run firefox 2.0.0.3 on my x86 laptop, the ps -eHF command
2 produces following output:
3
4 UID PID PPID C SZ RSS PSR STIME TTY TIME CMD
5 ...
6 ...
7 marek 5788 5765 12 50526 73088 0 09:02 ? 00:13:42
8 /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin
9 marek 5869 5788 0 0 0 0 09:02 ?
10 00:00:00 [netstat] <defunct>
11
12 Firefox is a parent of defunct netstat process. Of course, when I close
13 firefox, the zombie disappears too.
14 Could someone explain me how to get rid of it?
15
16 Marek Miller
17
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox generates zombies. Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox generates zombies. Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox generates zombies. Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@××××××××.org>