On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Greg Thomas wrote: gt> gt> gt> On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Rolando Roman wrote: gt> gt> > i can start it but it warns me of lock file and process id 1547, what is gt> > a zombie gt> gt> Somebody else may be able to explain exactly what a zombie is but you gt> don't need to worry about it. You just need to delete the lock file as gt> stated in the Netscape error message. It should list the correct path to gt> it. gt> I came up with the following which I run through crontab, which will take care of the lock file for you automatically. #!/bin/sh # if ! ps cx | grep netscape >/dev/null ; then if test -L $HOME/.netscape/lock ; then echo "Deleting expired lock file..." rm -f $HOME/.netscape/lock fi fi just create a file, I used the name 'dellock' and then call it via crontab, or, you can create a wrapper program with it that runs the above then attempts to run netscape immediately after. #!/bin/sh # if ! ps cx | grep netscape >/dev/null ; then if test -L $HOME/.netscape/lock ; then echo "Deleting expired lock file..." rm -f $HOME/.netscape/lock else Netscape -no-about-splash -discussions fi fi or something to that effect. gt> Greg gt> gt> > gt> > On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, Greg Thomas wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Rolando gt> > Roman wrote: > gt> > > gt> > > > i have a process that i can't kill any reason why i can't kill netscape 1547, gt> > > > every time i run netscape it poinst to a proces id already running? gt> > > > gt> > > gt> > > It appears to just be a zombie. Are you sure that the reason you can't gt> > > start netscape is because of the process id or a lock file? gt> > > gt> > > You can still start netscape if you hit ok on the warning message. To get gt> > > rid of that message delete /home/rolando/.netscape/lock. gt> > > gt> > > Greg gt> > -- gt> > Rolando Roman gt> > icq 3783184 gt> > gt> gt> gt> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.4+ - Kernel 2.2.16 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq