From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:39:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:39:55 -0400 Received: from [62.70.58.70] ([62.70.58.70]:27533 "EHLO mail.pronto.tv") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 08:39:54 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Organization: ProntoTV AS To: Kernel mailing list Subject: Killing/removing defunct processes? Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:42:57 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <200207151442.57464.roy@karlsbakk.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org hi all How can I kill/remove a defunct process (trying to read on from a chrashed NFS server) without rebooting? It really should be some sort of hack (extra kill argument?) to do this. please roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, Datavaktmester Computers are like air conditioners. They stop working when you open Windows.