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From: PVJQC@CUNYVM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: How to get rid of defunct processes on NeXT ?
Message-ID: <90219.135712PVJQC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: 7 Aug 90 17:57:12 GMT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
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Hi ..
We have a netinfo network of three NeXTs each having its own
hard disk. These are connected on the same cable to Suns. Our Netinfo
server has a printer which is shared by other two NeXTs. We have noticed
that the netinfo server m/c has become terribly slow lately. There is not
much activity on this m/c but even moving any window around takes a long time.
When I looked at the process status ( ps axlg ) I see three defunct processes
with parent process id 1 ( i.e. init ) and priority -ve. It looks as if
some thing is running in the background all the time which is stealing the
CPU cycles. I have shut down and rebooted the m/c n no. of times. NeXT
tech support could not figure out what was going on. Rebuilding the disk is
my last option.
Any body has any clues, suggestions ?
Thanks ..

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