linux 2.6.16 causes zombie processes with linux-opera

[Scott Robbins]

As near as I can determine, this only happens if I set the sysctl
compat.linux.osrelease to 2.6.16.  

This is on a system running CURRENT

(7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Jan 25 20:30:57 EST 2007)

When I close linux opera, a zombied process remains.  The parent PID is
1.  

Each time I open and then close opera, one and sometimes two, zombied
processes remain.  

Therefore, if I've been browsing the web on and off for awhile, and do a
pgrep opera, I might have a list of 20 or more PIDs, all zombies.



Removing the compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 line in /etc/sysctl.conf
fixes the problem.  

(I haven't had this issue with acrobat or any other linux based
processes--hrm, on the other hand, I think the only ones I use are opera
and acrobat. )

Thanks for any pointers.  At present, I've simply commented out the line
in /etc/sysctl.conf


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Scott Robbins

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