Question

I have Twiki on Suse linux. After I retstarted apache 2, I cant edit my twiki pages . When I run ps -All , I see that there are edit processes which have become defunct. Same thing happens for Login also. What are these oops processes which beocome defunct too! Once it happens (Edit becomes defunct),Wiki becomes moribund and does not respond anymore.

5 S     2 14825 14765  0  82   0 -  1401 schedu ?        00:00:00 httpd
5 S     2 14826 14765  0  76   0 -  1401 schedu ?        00:00:00 httpd
0 Z     2 14828 14813 16  82   0 -     0 schedu ?        00:00:02 oops <defunct>
0 Z     2 14833 14812 21  84   0 -     0 schedu ?        00:00:02 oops <defunct>
0 Z     2 14842 14815 31  85   0 -     0 schedu ?        00:00:02 oops <defunct>
0 Z     2 14844 14819 26  84   0 -     0 schedu ?        00:00:02 edit <defunct>
0 Z     2 14852 14820 50  81   0 -     0 schedu ?        00:00:02 oops <defunct>

Environment

-- GauravSharma - 17 Jun 2006

Answer

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Problem was due to a wrong entry in httpd.conf file die to which apache was not able to find a file for logging. Though I still dont understaand why these oops processes on my server dont die down and are always present.

-- GauravSharma - 17 Jun 2006

We currently have an open bug on this issue (Bugs:Item2494).

If you are able to provide detailed information on how you cured the error / how it can be reproduced, that would be very much appreciated.

-- SteffenPoulsen - 18 Jun 2006