[613] in RedHat Linux List
Re: 4.0 and "suspend"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Skull)
Wed Oct 23 16:53:35 1996
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 16:39:45 -0400
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From: Skull <skull@yakko.cs.wmich.edu>
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>I have 4.0 running on my system here...like it....
>
>However, here's a weird one. I've long been accustomed to keeping a root
>shell around for when I need it. I just "su", do my thing, then use
>"suspend" to stop the process until I need it again. At that point, a
>simple "fg" gets it back. It's worked great for years on a variety of
>systems.
>
>Under 4.0, though, when I try it the process simply hangs. "ps" shows the
>process in the "D" (uninterruptable sleep) state. It is simply stuck there
>until the system reboots. Kind of annoying.
>
>Any idea what's going on here?
I think thats some sort of bug listed in the Redhat 4.0 Errata, check out
the web page, and see. I think they have a fix for it. Its a bug in sh-utils
grab sh-utils-1.12-10.????.rpm whichever rpm fits your platform.
Darron
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