Re: Followup: Can an installation "deteriorate"...?

On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:57 pm, der.hans kindly wrote:
> Am 30. Jan, 2005 schwätzte Siri Amrit Kaur so:
> > I finally got around to rebooting my computer (I hate doing
> > that). First, I rebooted into SimplyMepis, where my cdrom
> > performed perfectly with KSCD. Then, I rebooted back into
> > Slackware, and now it plays fine again! The physical drive is
> > fine. What causes a "kernel wedge"???
>
> Waiting for something to respond that doesn't respond. Imaging a
> toilet stall in a public restroom. Someone goes in and locks the
> door, but then never comes back out. That stall then becomes
> unavailable even though the others might still get continued use.
>
> Linux is good, but there are still occasional wedging issues.
>
Is there a way to figure out what's waiting for a response and clear
it without rebooting?

Siri Amrit
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