"RS" == Ramin Sina <sina@glue.umd.edu> writes:
RS> Hi all, RS> Whenever I start yast (Suse 5.2), the computer starts to load the RS> program and then the window freezes. Then I get the following processes RS> (among others): RS> 3168 p2 S 0:00 yast RS> 3173 p2 S 0:00 /bin/sh -c fdisk -l >/tmp/stp3168_1_S 2> /tmp/stp3168_1_E RS> 3174 p2 D 0:00 fdisk -l RS> I can kill the first two. But the last one won't die! How can I kill the RS> fdisk process (or anything else with status "D" for that matter)? man ps: STAT Information about the status of the process. The first field is R for runnable, S for sleeping, D for uninterruptible sleep, It means what it says. [...] RS> I had heard of similar problems with fdisk when a removable disk was RS> mounted or inserted. But the freeze in my case occures even without any RS> removables. RS> Is there a fix to this bug? Wait a moment! /bin/sh -c fdisk -l >/tmp/stp3168_1_S 2> /tmp/stp3168_1_E Did you ever have a look at these files: /tmp/stp3168_1_S /tmp/stp3168_1_E They might give you interesting information, that's why fdisk's stdout and stderr get redirected to those files. But instead of looking at them now, try to run `fdisk -l' yourself on the command line. And I almost forgot this: you mentioned a removable disk, so try to do your test in a situation identical to when your yast crash happened. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e