[PLUG] killing "D" state processes?

[Dan Young]

I'll second this question as I'm having a similar problem w/ a stuck mt 
process. Same story, I can get the tape out, but mt lives on. Subsequent 
  mt stuff says /dev/nst0 is busy/unavailable. Shoot, a guy could have a 
pretty good time in Vegas if he knew how to kill a rogue mt process.

Thanks,

-Dan Young
-Parkrose School District

Russell Senior wrote:
> I've been having a little trouble with a backup process.  This morning
> an 'mt' hung on me in a "D N" state, which according to "man ps"
> decodes as Wing Attack Plan R, R for Robert ... Oops!  No, sorry.
> Those weren't today's codes.  It decodes as D = "uninterruptible sleep
> (usually IO)" and N = "low-priority task".  A "kill -9 <pid>" doesn't
> work.  The tape wasn't moving, I ejected the tape and reinserted it,
> but mt is still stuck.  Do I have to reboot the sucker?  Or is there
> some incantation like: "Peace on Earth" or "Purity of Essense" to fix
> it?
> 
> Thanks!