root@server:~# ps aux | grep mule
toylet 22443 1.1 0.0 0 0 ? Ds May08 21:36 [amuled]
root 31244 0.0 0.2 1756 532 pts/1 S+ 09:15 0:00 grep mule

Tried both `kill -9 22443` and `killall amuled`. All failed.

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On Fri, 09 May 2008 09:17:53 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
>
> root@server:~# ps aux | grep mule
> toylet 22443 1.1 0.0 0 0 ? Ds May08 21:36 [amuled]
> root 31244 0.0 0.2 1756 532 pts/1 S+ 09:15 0:00 grep mule
>
> Tried both `kill -9 22443` and `killall amuled`. All failed.

man pkill

>> toylet 22443 1.1 0.0 0 0 ? Ds May08 21:36 [amuled]
>> Tried both `kill -9 22443` and `killall amuled`. All failed.
> man pkill

More hint(s) please... that amuled is already dead...

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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:

>>> toylet 22443 1.1 0.0 0 0 ? Ds May08 21:36
>>> [amuled] Tried both `kill -9 22443` and `killall amuled`. All failed.
>> man pkill
>
> More hint(s) please... that amuled is already dead...
>
what do you mean by already dead ??
If it is not running anymore, I guess you obtained your goal of stopping the
process
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> > toylet 22443 1.1 0.0 0 0 ? Ds
> > May08 21:36 [amuled]
> what do you mean by already dead ??
> If it is not running anymore, I guess you obtained your goal of stopping the
> process

But it's still being listed as a process. Other than
rebooting the server, could I cleanly eliminate it?

Look at its state: Ds



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Feverishly pounding upon a keyboard Bit Twister typed:
> On Fri, 09 May 2008 15:45:57 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
>>>> toylet 22443 1.1 0.0 0 0 ? Ds May08 21:36 [amuled]
>>>> Tried both `kill -9 22443` and `killall amuled`. All failed.
>>> man pkill
>>
>> More hint(s) please... that amuled is already dead...
>
> Can not be dead if "ps" is showing that it is running, and happens to
> be in D Uninterruptible sleep (usually IO) according to my linux
> distributions man page for ps.
>
> Have user toylet do something to send an IO event to amuled to see if
> anything changes.

You're in a generous mood, BT. I was gonna say "man ps" and that's all.

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On Fri, 09 May 2008 09:44:16 -0500, sk8r-365 wrote:
> Feverishly pounding upon a keyboard Bit Twister typed:
>> On Fri, 09 May 2008 15:45:57 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
>>>>> toylet 22443 1.1 0.0 0 0 ? Ds May08 21:36 [amuled]
>>>>> Tried both `kill -9 22443` and `killall amuled`. All failed.
>>>> man pkill
>>>
>>> More hint(s) please... that amuled is already dead...
>>
>> Can not be dead if "ps" is showing that it is running, and happens to
>> be in D Uninterruptible sleep (usually IO) according to my linux
>> distributions man page for ps.
>>
>> Have user toylet do something to send an IO event to amuled to see if
>> anything changes.
>
> You're in a generous mood, BT. I was gonna say "man ps" and that's all.

Heheh, thought about it. I also was thinking Man-wai Chang might want
to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Post did not contain which distribution was running, we do not know
who ran the commands.
Nor did we see what was entered on the command line or what was returned.

We have to assume kill -9 22443 was entered when kill -9 222443 might
have been what was actually entered.

I assumed it was not root or toylet who issued the commands.

Feverishly pounding upon a keyboard Bit Twister typed:
>
> Heheh, thought about it. I also was thinking Man-wai Chang might want
> to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Post did not contain which distribution was running, we do not know
> who ran the commands.
> Nor did we see what was entered on the command line or what was returned.
>
> We have to assume kill -9 22443 was entered when kill -9 222443 might
> have been what was actually entered.
>
> I assumed it was not root or toylet who issued the commands.

You're right ... all things I quietly noted. Along with that seems to be
he/she/its lack of reading, some re-posting of old queries made from
itself and perpetual use of Windows OS in a Linux NG.

I think he's a fishing troll. Suspect he's sitting on his Spiderman
covered race car bed using Mommie's laptop from a brothel even now. 8p

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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) <toylet.toylet******.com> wrote:
>Look at its state: Ds

Consulting the ps man page:

# D Uninterruptible sleep (usually IO)
# s is a session leader

It's not dead--that would be "Z". It's in "Uninterruptable Sleep". You
can't kill it. Here are a couple tips that might help:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Killing...le_sleep_state

-Beej

sk8r-365 wrote:
> Feverishly pounding upon a keyboard Bit Twister typed:
>> Heheh, thought about it. I also was thinking Man-wai Chang might want
>> to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> Post did not contain which distribution was running, we do not know
>> who ran the commands.
>> Nor did we see what was entered on the command line or what was returned.
>>
>> We have to assume kill -9 22443 was entered when kill -9 222443 might
>> have been what was actually entered.
>>
>> I assumed it was not root or toylet who issued the commands.
>
> You're right ... all things I quietly noted. Along with that seems to be
> he/she/its lack of reading, some re-posting of old queries made from
> itself and perpetual use of Windows OS in a Linux NG.
>
> I think he's a fishing troll. Suspect he's sitting on his Spiderman
> covered race car bed using Mommie's laptop from a brothel even now. 8p
>
that's kinda cool because
which brothel has spiderman's covered race cars ?
serious ?
yes i'll pay you xxx $ to play with your bed :D

Beej Jorgensen wrote:
> Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) <toylet.toylet******.com> wrote:
>> Look at its state: Ds
>
> Consulting the ps man page:
>
> # D Uninterruptible sleep (usually IO)
> # s is a session leader
>
> It's not dead--that would be "Z". It's in "Uninterruptable Sleep". You
> can't kill it. Here are a couple tips that might help:
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Killing...le_sleep_state

That höwto tells about the same procedure that you use to kill zombies,
via their parents.

They tell you to kill the parents. OK. But you need to find them.

Use pstree. You command pstree -p and you'll see the processes in a tree
with their PID:s.

Only then you can kill the parents PID:s and the child will die.

Vahis
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> You're right ... all things I quietly noted. Along with that seems to be
> he/she/its lack of reading, some re-posting of old queries made from
> itself and perpetual use of Windows OS in a Linux NG.

As I said before, I wrote too much. Not trolling.
Also, I am an old person.

> I think he's a fishing troll. Suspect he's sitting on his Spiderman
> covered race car bed using Mommie's laptop from a brothel even now. 8p

I will patiently wait for Linux to kill Window$. Then
you would not see me using Micro$oft stuff.

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> We have to assume kill -9 22443 was entered when kill -9 222443 might
> have been what was actually entered.

No.. I didn't enter the wrong pid.

> I assumed it was not root or toylet who issued the commands.

Yes, I was root when I attempted `kill`.

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> Use pstree. You command pstree -p and you'll see the processes in a tree
> with their PID:s.

Thanks. I forgot about `pstree`.

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> # D Uninterruptible sleep (usually IO)
> # s is a session leader
> It's not dead--that would be "Z". It's in "Uninterruptable Sleep". You
> can't kill it. Here are a couple tips that might help:
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Killing...le_sleep_state

Thanks.

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