[mythtv-users] mythtvsetup leaves defunct processes
D. Hugh Redelmeier
hugh at mimosa.com
Thu Jul 13 07:39:27 UTC 2006
I'm running mythtvsetup right now. I just noticed that it has left a lot
of defunct processes. This is usually a sign that a wait(1) of some kind
is missing.
It looks as if mythfilldatabase has the same bug.
Environment: Fedora Core 5 + updates + MythTV from ATRPMS stable repository.
Here's one of the package names: mythtv-0.19-129.rhfc5.at
Here is the output of "ps laxgwf":
0 501 4862 4861 15 0 4448 1464 wait Ss pts/6 0:00 \_ bash -i
0 501 4886 4862 16 0 137020 90468 wait S+ pts/6 0:15 \_ mythtvsetup
0 501 4934 4886 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 4942 4886 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 4946 4886 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 4950 4886 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 4956 4886 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 4964 4886 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 4981 4886 18 0 45388 16032 - R+ pts/6 1:11 \_ mythfilldatabase --refresh-today --dont-refresh-tomorrow
0 501 4985 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 4991 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 4995 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 4998 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5002 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5006 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5010 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5014 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5018 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5021 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5025 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5029 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5033 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
0 501 5037 4981 16 0 0 0 exit Z+ pts/6 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct>
Asided:
Why did I notice this? I got itchy wondering why hitting return on
mythtvsetup:connect source to input:fetch channels from listing source
appeared to lock up the display. So I went to another terminal and
poked around. It would be good if there were some hint on screen that
I should expect a wait.
(A little later, the mythfilldatabase has completed and its defunct
processes were cleaned up.)
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