Is anyone actively working on trying to fix the problem with processes that won't die? The problem has surfaced during the last few weeks, possibly due to the VM fixes. Here's a typical ps entry for such a process: 0 308 1 0 -18 0 704 656 thrd_s DE p1- 0:04.58 slogin dogber I can recreate this problem with 100% success. -- Lennart