Camale??n <noelamac_at_gmail.com> writes:

>> According to Novell, that means it is unkillable short of a reboot. But

>> maybe I can supply the i/o it is waiting for... trouble is I cannot find

>> it.  Doesn't show up in top at all.  I see no instances of firefox at

>> all.  Allegedly it is in the foreground, so shouldn't I be able to see

>> it?

>

> How did you run the firefox process, from a console?

I don't really remember for sure, but the ps wwaux output mentioned a

forum on the winamp web pages so I was probably reading the forum.

>> Its hard to believe that on linux there can be a process that will

>> prevent user from accessing the web browser, and that it cannot be

>> killed short of a reboot.

>

> Yep, that things can happen and sometimes there is no other way but a  

> reboot.

I wonder if `telinit 1' would have done the job?  To late to try now

since a reboot has gotten rid of the nasty thing.

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