From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from math.gatech.edu (euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by werple.net.au (8.7/8.7.1) with SMTP id WAA01924 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 1995 22:29:21 +1100 (EST) Received: by math.gatech.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA00948; Thu, 9 Nov 1995 06:06:17 -0500 Resent-Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:06:43 +0100 Old-Return-Path: From: mar@uebemc.siemens.de (Markus Roesch) Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:06:43 +0100 Message-Id: <9511091106.AA27016@graphix> To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Zsh-2.6beta11: Zombies on Sparc 4-CPU machines Cc: mar@uebemc.siemens.de X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Resent-Message-Id: <"VPQce.0.kE.e2Uem"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/583 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Dear "zsh-wokers" (whoever that may be ...): I've been working with zsh for some time now and I feel really comfortable with it. It does a great job! However, I've got problems with any zsh version from 2.5.x (including the latest 2.6beta11) running on Sun Sparc workstations (Solaris2.3 or 2.4), especially on Sparc-20 machines with 4 CPUs: When zsh is not terminated via a regular exit or logout (but rather via killing an xterm window or a rlogin session remotely) it hangs up as a "zombie" (I guess that's the reason to call it z-sh :-)) and consumes all of the CPU time in a kind of endless loop. Sometimes the superuser can kill this process, but sometimes the whole machine has to be restartet. This is really annoying! Is this a known bug (or a feature) ?? I did a ./configure sparc-sun-solaris2.3 the make-ing and the installation of zsh went fine. I followed the hints in FAQ to substitute the login csh by a login zsh (via exec /zsh -l) since I can not install zsh as root on our machines. Currently I am setting the following options in my .zshrc: set -o autolist -o automenu +o bgnice -o ignoreeof -o histignoredups \ -o histnostore -o listambiguous +o markdirs -o menucomplete -o notify \ -o pushdignoredups What am I doing wrong here ?? Any answer will be greatly appreciated! Thanx in advance! Markus. ---- Dr. Markus Roesch E-Mail: mar@uebemc.siemens.de __o SIEMENS AG, OEN TR EC 24 Phone: +49-89-722-21895 _`\<,_ Hofmannstr. 51, D-81359 Munich, Germany_______Fax: +49-89-722-26768_____(_)/ (_)