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[Ross Oliver]

In article <6981 at ecsvax.UUCP> jmp at ecsvax.UUCP (Mike Pressley) writes:
>We received our SCO system about a month ago and we are tickled pink with
>it, except for one little problem.  Sometimes, a user will go into FoxBase
>and get locked up for some reason or another and the getty keeps on running.
>We have tried everything we know of to kill that process, but we have not
>had any luck?? We would be grateful if someone could take a look at the
>following example and render any suggestions or help in any way.
....
>/------------------------------\
>|  3d     2959      0:01 getty | <-- How can I kill this Process ?????
>\------------------------------/


If a kill -9 doesn't work, then the getty is probably hung in the
serial driver itself.  You can determine this by looking at a long
listing from ps (ps -el), for example:

  F S   UID   PID  PPID  C PRI NI  ADDR SZ    WCHAN TTY  TIME CMD
210 S     0   105     1  0  28 20    d1 24    7761c  5g  0:01 getty

If the number in the "PRI" (prioirty) column is less than 25, then
the getty process is stuck in the driver code somewhere in the
kernel, and will not respond to any signals sent with kill(C).
The only way to clear this condition is to reboot your machine.
This usually indicates a bug in the serial driver itself.  I noticed
that you are using some sort of multiport card.  If you are using
a board that is supported by the SCO XENIX serial driver, then call
SCO tech support so we can work on duplicating and fixing the problem.
If you are using a serial board that comes with its own driver software,
contact the vendor to see if they know of any problems or have an
update to the driver available.

Ross Oliver
Technical Support
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.