On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Stephen Walton wrote: > Has anyone else seen output from 'ps -faxwl' like this: > > 1 0 6366 1 16 0 2236 536 schedu S ? 0:00 crond > 1 0 16115 6366 16 0 5456 1256 do_for D ? 0:00 \_ CROND > 5 0 16116 16115 16 0 5456 1256 coredu D ? 0:00 | \_ CROND > 1 0 16119 6366 17 0 5456 1256 do_for D ? 0:00 \_ CROND > 5 0 16120 16119 17 0 5456 1256 coredu D ? 0:00 | \_ CROND > 1 0 16123 6366 17 0 5456 1256 do_for D ? 0:00 \_ CROND > 5 0 16124 16123 17 0 5456 1256 coredu D ? 0:00 | \_ CROND > > > I've deleted several additional lines. The load average on this system > is 30 as I write this. Notice that the second of each pair of jobs > seems to be in the process of doing a core dump, which is why they are > unkillable. > Is there sufficient disk space for the core dumps to complete? That could be part of the problem. Mark -- Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
