On Thursday 06 December 2007, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: >Hi all, > >I just installed the Firefox update on a Fedora 7 box >(firefox-2.0.0.10-2). While using top, I noticed I had 76 zombie >processes. A little more digging revealed they were all mplayer >related. On a hunch, I closed firefox, and viola, all the zombie >mplayer processes disappeared. > >After the update, wen I start firefox, I get a new mplayer spawning >every 30 seconds or so, which then immediately dies. But, I can see it >as a Zombie in the process tree. > >What the hell is going on? Has anyone else noticed this? > >Regards, > >Ranbir > Humm, FC6, FireFox-2.0.0.11 (from mozilla.org, not fedora, they auto-update on release so I'm a day or so ahead of fedora.) FF has been up half an hour, no mplayer zombies here. I do get an occasional FF upchuck though. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing. -- Alan Perlis
