can not kill process!

[rocketpcguy]

i started qtparted for the first time in fedora 3, i selected my second hard disk, and it freezed in 28%. there was no disk activity. i waited, same thing. then i try to close window, and it does not close. i killall qtparted, doesnt work (nothing happens). killall -9 qtparted, nothing. ps aux ; kill -9 <process number>, nothing. it still is running in the process list.

how do i kill and murder it once and for all?

[Hayl]

is it zombied? if so then you can't unless the kernel cleans it up its sefl.

[Satanic Atheist]

I've had this problem as well on a number of occasions...

In X you can do Ctrl+Alt+Esc and then click the window to nuke it. X usually cleans up the mess afterwards quite well... BUT, in the CLI, I've had programs crash and not want to terminate afterwards. I guess this is what you mean by "zombied".

Hayl, can you explain zombification and add how the kernel cleans it up itself? I honestly don't know too much about it (too much work and not enough time to surf the web!).

Thanks,

James