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pmie (used with pmie_check) is generating a lot of
zombies. It appears that pmie_check starts a number of pmie processes
which then spawn pmie processes which then do NOT go away. The first run
of pmie_check from the command line starts all pmie processes and immediately
creates for each one four zombie processes.
I ran pmie_check multiple times from the command line; no
change in the number of pmie processes or in the number of zombie
children.
The system is the same as was previously mentioned on the
list:
Shell is pdksh (5.2.14)
System is Red Hat Linux 7.3 with the SGI
Installer Disk used, and the default SGI kernel running
(2.4.18-4SGI_XFS_1.1).
The hardware is a Compaq Deskpro 2000 Pentium MMX, 64M
RAM
pmcd is v2.2.2
Let me note that this system (and kernel) has module support.
Here is a ps list (attached). The server mine3 is the localhost where
this ps was taken from.
The other (remote) systems are Red Hat 7.x (some with XFS, some without;
some with module support, some without; some 7.1, some 7.3).
David Douthitt CUNA & Affiliates UNIX Systems
Administrator LPI Level 1, Linux+ ddouthitt@xxxxxxxxx | 