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    What is a traced process ?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by wearetheborg, Feb 12, 2009.

  1. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sometimes, firefox hangs and its status in top changes to "T".
    Actually, top shows two firefox processes, one "T" and one "S".

    Apparently T means a traced process :confused:

    CTRL-C then does not work to kill firefox (I run it froom command line), I have to do kill -9 for both processes.
     
    wearetheborg, Feb 12, 2009
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    A process is usually traced for the purposes of debugging. T can also mean stopped, which is perhaps more likely in this case.

    You might want to try a kill -INT instead of kill -9 since your cache and preferences might become corrupted with a sigkill.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Feb 14, 2009
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    kill -INT sometimes does not work.
    Isnt kill -INT equivalent to CTRL-C ?
     
    wearetheborg, Mar 4, 2009
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    Yes, Ctrl+C produces a SIGINT, but you should refrain from using SIGKILL unless absolutely necessary.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Mar 4, 2009
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