attack of the zombies

[Divacky Roman]

On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 03:42:14PM +0100, Ralph Zitz wrote:
> 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).

I am not able to connect to the port

> 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>
 
I dont see any step that would force the teamspeak to exit. is it done via
the webinterface?
 
> 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?

yes, ktrace -p pid