[ltp] Immortal process that does not let the computer to sleep.

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Wednesday 28 December 2005 23:47, Richard Neill wrote:
> I've seen this occur quite frequently. (eg mplayer with win32 codecs on
> dodgy hardware), or if you inadvertently unplug a usb memory key without
> unmounting it properly. =A0Furthermore, if one process is in this state,
> running ps,top,or kill will put the ps/top/kill process into the same
> state!
I expect we have all seen this behaviour, I know I have.
I think it's 'the nature of the animal'

> However, the existence of such a state is surely a kernel bug? =A0Is there
> anything that can be done to fix it?
Write to Linus. ( He did after all put out a plea for as many folks as=20
possible to test the latest kernel over the Christmas break :-)

=2D-=20
CS