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Title: aMule creates zombie processes
Post by: delta592 on November 04, 2008, 04:00:17 AM

I noticed that after aMule 2.2.2 executes 'open' to preview media files, and after executing a post-complete action, the process sticks around as zombies

[20:46:59]dax@defiant:~ # pstree 50022
-+= 50022 dax /Applications/aMule.app/Contents/MacOS/amule -psn_0_29154252
 |--- 50028 dax (amuleweb)
 |--- 50142 dax (bash)
 |--- 51033 dax (bash)
 |--- 51275 dax (bash)
 |--- 51725 dax (bash)
 |--- 52145 dax (open)
 |--- 52161 dax (open)
 |--- 52165 dax (open)
 |--- 52170 dax (open)
 |--- 52175 dax (open)
 |--- 52179 dax (open)
 |--- 52190 dax (open)
 |--- 52192 dax (open)
 |--- 52193 dax (open)
 |--- 52445 dax (bash)
 \--- 53179 dax (bash)


20:53:51]dax@defiant:~ # ps -ajxww -o start | grep Z
dax      50028 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  9:58AM (amuleweb)
dax      50142 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00 10:20AM (bash)
dax      51033 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  1:05PM (bash)
dax      51275 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  1:52PM (bash)
dax      51725 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  3:21PM (bash)
dax      52145 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  4:42PM (open)
dax      52161 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  4:43PM (open)
dax      52165 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  4:44PM (open)
dax      52170 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  4:44PM (open)
dax      52175 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  4:45PM (open)
dax      52179 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  4:45PM (open)
dax      52190 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  4:46PM (open)
dax      52192 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  4:46PM (open)
dax      52193 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  4:47PM (open)
dax      52445 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  5:31PM (bash)
dax      53179 50022 50022 6302110    1 Z      ??    0:00.00  5:57PM (bash)


[20:53:57]dax@defiant:~ # uname -a
Darwin defiant.federation.net 9.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.5.0: Wed Sep  3 11:31:44 PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.7.58~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh



I did a search through the forums, and there was a post back in January that a patch was issued and "that shouldn't be a problem any more".  But I am still seeing the issue.  Is there any way to get this fixed?

Title: Re: aMule creates zombie processes
Post by: delta592 on November 05, 2008, 02:16:55 AM

Hi iz0bbz.

Thanks for responding to my post.

When I am downloading a video, I right click the video, and select Preview from the menu.  The video then opens with VLC.  Once I close VLC, the 'open' command turns to a zombie child process of aMule.  I am using the following in the Video Player field under Preferences --> General:

 /usr/bin/open -a "/Applications/VLC.app"


Also, I am using a "Download completed" Event under Preferences --> Events.  I'm using a user defined bash shell script.  The script completes OK, but the 'bash' process still gets stuck as a zombie child process under aMule.

Please let me know what more information i may provide.

Thanks.

--Dax