<exiting> tip processes on the SUN

[swenson at nusc-wpn.arpa]

Greetings,

	We are currently running Unix 3.5 on our Sun 3 and we have been plagued
by exiting processes.  It goes something like this:

	We are using the standard tip line to a remote VME cage (i.e. just
another machine).  During (what appears to be) some relatively high bandwidth
data transfers, the tip line loses its mind.  Do a ps and the tip shows up as
<exiting>.  Try to kill the process -- it won't die.  During fastboot we
get a message like "Warning processes wouldn't die -- suggest using ps" 
(we are truly afraid at this point).  The questions are, why is the tip
line hanging up (difficult to answer with limited information, I know),
and is there a way to kill the <exiting> process without rebooting the
system?

	Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.


				Thanks,
				Stephen J. Swenson
				SWENSON at NUSC-WPN.ARPA
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