Re: Java Zombies

Pavel Machek
2006-10-04T21:41:13Z

Hi!

Nice subject ;-).

> Another strange behaviour...
>
> I just got back into my java code and experienced really strange things:
>
> I run a java app for a while, stop it, start it, do things with it
> (development tasks...) and suddenly java becomes defunct.
>
> all running java processes are zombies and no trick will kill them. java gui
> stays onscreen but doesen't refresh.
>
> and, even more strange: while CPUs stay at about 2 to 8% activity load
> increases. it's at 7 now after around 2 minutes
>
>
> I attach some info about my system (X60s 1702-55G)
>
> oops: cat /proc/cpuinfo hangs!!
>
> ...after that I could not even shutdown cleanly.
> I had to use SysRq keys to halt the system

Well, does it also happen when you reboot the machine?

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