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From: ran@crl.dec.com (Randy Osborne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Re: UMAX 4.3 - waiting processes ??
Keywords: UMAX 4.3, problem, random waits
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Date: 26 Jul 90 15:21:44 GMT
References: <1201@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au>
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In article <1201@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au>, john@chook.ua.oz.au (John
Warburton) writes:
|> 
|> 	Now that the machine is up in multi-user mode, the problem has reared 
|> its head again. Commands are just randomly put on hold for a few seconds and
|> are then executed. We can sometimes get a glimpse of the process when it is 
|> waiting, using 'ps', with a STAT of S - a semaphore wait.
|> 

Please post any responses to the net.

Randy Osborne