Description of problem: Since yum installed glibc 2.4-11 on the 16th of this month, my system has been accumulating zombies at a horrific rate. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): glibc-2.4-11 How reproducible: Very Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use the system 2. Note the number of processes creeping up at a fairly fast clip. 3. Actual results: Over 700 processes on my system, and increasing at a constant rate. Expected results: Approximately 200-250 processes on my system at any given time. Additional info: See the above munin graph showing the number of processes increasing. I'm attaching the results of a "ps auwwfx".
Created attachment 137260 [details] ps auwwfx
An additional symptom: when I try to shutdown, I get the following: shutdown: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl init: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl I had to hit the reset button to reboot.
Rebooting appears to have fixed the problem. It appears that upgrading something, probably glibc, without rebooting was the cause.
Couldn't reproduce this on any of the 6 boxes I have upgraded FC5 glibc to. If anything, it would be a kernel issue.