Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot?

From: Måns Rullgård (mru_at_inprovide.com)
Date: 11/03/04

  • Next message: Helge Hafting: "Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot?" 
    To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Date:	Wed, 03 Nov 2004 20:56:27 +0100

    linux-os <linux-os@chaos.analogic.com> writes:

    > The fix is to fix the code. Your temporary fix is to use
    > Ctrl-Alt-backspace to kill the X11 server (the parent).

    The X server is not the parent. The desktop manager (or whatever
    those beasts are called) is more likely to be.

    > All these little windows and icons are the 'children' of the X
    > server.

    The X server manages a set of windows, arranged in a logical tree
    structure, with all windows ultimately descending from the root
    windows. The parent-child relationships between windows should under
    no circumstance be confused, or compared, with that between processes.
    Any process, on any machine on the network, can, given enough
    privileges, create subwindows of any window on the X server. Windows
    and process belong to different worlds, the only connection between
    which is that processes create windows, simply since anything that
    happens in the computer is done by a process (or interrupt handler).

    Am I really reading this on linux-kernel? 

    -- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/
  • Next message: Helge Hafting: "Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot?"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: Network Server Cant be accessed
      ... > using windows 2000 and run fine for a while then randomly you try and ... > a part of the server by using a shortcut or mapped networked drive and it ... > says the server is not accessible, the onyl way to gain access is to ... Bad domain suffix or parent? ...
      (microsoft.public.win2000.networking)
    • SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #154
      ... MICROSOFT VULNERABILITY SUMMARY ... ISS RealSecure Server Sensor SSL Denial Of Service Vulnerabi... ... Roger Wilco Remote Server Side Buffer Overrun Vulnerability ... available for Microsoft Windows operating systems. ...
      (Focus-Microsoft)
    • SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #49
      ... Subject: SecurityFocus Microsoft Newsletter #49 ... Microsoft Windows NNTP Denial of Service Vulnerability ... Microsoft IIS SSI Buffer Overrun Privelege Elevation Vulnerability ... Microsoft ISA Server H.323 Memory Leak Denial of Service... ...
      (Focus-Microsoft)
    • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CANNOT FIND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      ... cannot find server or dns error ... windows cannot find null ... windows cannot find the network path ... cannot find internet explorer on computer ...
      (comp.protocols.snmp)
    • Questions Relating to Administering Windows 2000 Server
      ... installed the network client on the target computer. ... Sarah has been attempting to install Windows 2000 ... Server for two days. ... Sarah has checked the cables and hard drives. ...
      (microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse)
    Loading