> OK this really looks like a kernel bug to me. kernel 2.0.30.
> PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
> 26070 ? D 0:00 in.ntalkd
> 1:10 vipe /home/staff/andi# strace -p 26070
> attach: ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, ...): Operation not permitted
> I can't kill this and another 32 in.ntalkd's.
> [...]
Well, just to chime in, on my machine (2.0.30, p166, 64M, 2*2GB SCSI) I
have two processes hanging in D-state. There's nothing special about
them, they are tiff-to-ps converters for received faxes. They apparently
ran fine but somehow don't terminate?
Klaus
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