Re: [K12OSN] Yet Another Problem with Processes
BMan (bman@bman.is-a-geek.org)
Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:35:06 -0500
I would recommending getting off of the 7.1 version. The "pristine"
releases are always the x.2's except for the 7.3 release which was to
meet some goals unfortunately not handled in 7.2. Earlier versions of
Netscape and Mozilla had issues with killing off stale or defunct
processes. I have also seen it corrupt email, this is not the norm
though. If you can't upgrade to a newer version of the OS then at least
upgrade to a newer version of your browser and software giving you
issues. A few packages are simple to upgrade, however, the whole OS is
more complicated. Just a piece of information that maybe useful to you
and others is how to do it on the fly.
If you are using RHN here are some steps to to a version upgrade on the
fly. I have done many, however, you have to watch the changing
dependencies per release. You may have to not only rpm -Fvh packages
but rpm -Uvh a few others not already installed. Now for the fun stuff.
1. Download the redhat-release rpm via ftp. I usually ncftp to
ftp.rutgers.edu or ncsu's ftp site.
2. Install the new redhat-release rpm.
3. up2date -p to tell RHN you are that release. :)
4. up2date -l and it will give you all the packages for the new
version. :)
5. If it fails you'll have to handle the dependencies first.
6. Only time you should need to reboot is when going into a new kernel.
If the above isn't an option then awk and sed are your friend. Get
O'reilly's book and learn it. It is powerful for taking output from ps
-e and grabbing processes and killing them.
Regards,
BMan
Chris Thomas wrote:
>Hi fellow Sys Admins:
>
>I have been reading this forum and asking questions
>for about a year and a half. It has helped me setup a
>30 seat, 2 server computer lab at my school. Thanks
>for all the help guys!
>
>Our school is running K12LTSP that is based on RH 7.1
>(I think the 1.0 or 1.1 version). I know it's real old
>but K12LTSP 3.0 and the s3 video cards in the Compaq
>Deskpros don't mix. The other day the kids were using
>star office and mozilla for classwork. I ran gtop and
>noticed that many students had several copies
>(processes) of mozilla and/or staroffice running, but
>they only had one copy running on their screen. I was
>going to end some of the multiple processes, but I
>didn't know which one the student was using.
>
>I know know many of you guys have had problems with
>processes. Has any one run into similar problems and
>how can I correct it?
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>Chris
>
>
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