attack of the zombies

[Ralph Zitz]

I just wanted to add that I have been experiencing the exact same 
problem. A while back I had problems starting teamspeak (available in 
the ports collection). That problem was fixed, but now I see zombie 
processes hanging around.
One way to reproduce:

1) Install teamspeak port (audio/teamspeak_server)
2) Start teamspeak (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/teamspeak-server start)
3) do a: ps ax

output somthing like:

29961  p1  SN     0:00.84 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30001  p1  S      0:00.00 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30002  p1  S      0:00.03 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30003  p1  S      0:00.03 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30006  p1  S      0:00.00 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30034  p1  S      0:00.00 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30037  p1  S      0:00.02 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30038  p1  S      0:00.02 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30039  p1  S      0:00.00 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30311  p1  S      0:00.05 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux

4) Connect to http://localhost:14354 (Which is a webinterface for the 
teamspeak server).
5) Close browser
6) do a: ps ax

29961  p1  SN     0:00.84 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30001  p1  S      0:00.00 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30002  p1  S      0:00.03 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30003  p1  S      0:00.04 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30006  p1  S      0:00.00 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30034  p1  S      0:00.00 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30037  p1  S      0:00.03 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30038  p1  S      0:00.03 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30039  p1  S      0:00.00 /usr/local/lib/teamspeak_server/server_linux
30311  p1  Z      0:00.05 <defunct>

After this the server has to be restarted.

Cheers,
Ralph.

PS: Is it possible to do a ktrace of a program that runs in the background?