flexfax: Linux hephaistos.ulaval.ca 2.2.5-15

[Carl Provencher <Carl.Provencher@sit.ulaval.ca>]

I have Hylafax 4.1beta1 on PC with RedHat 6.0.

I have a <defunct> problem.  Sometimes (2 or 3 times in a week) 


ps -eo pid,etime,stime,args

give:

PID     ELAPSED STIME COMMAND
    1  00:26      Jan24 init [3]
    2  00:26      Jan24 [kflushd]
    3  00:26      Jan24 [kpiod]
    4  00:26      Jan24 [kswapd]
    5  00:23      Jan24 [mdrecoveryd]
  249  00:00      Jan24 portmap
  296 59:59       Jan24 syslogd -m 0
  307 59:58       Jan24 klogd
  321 59:58       Jan24 /usr/sbin/atd
  335 59:57       Jan24 crond
  353 59:56       Jan24 inetd
  367 59:55       Jan24 lpd
  403 59:53       Jan24 sendmail: accepting connections on port 25
  418 59:53       Jan24 gpm -t ms
  435 59:51       Jan24 xfs
  458 59:50       Jan24 /usr/sbin/faxq
  460 59:49       Jan24 /usr/sbin/hfaxd -i hylafax -s snpp
  534 59:47       Jan24 sh /usr/local/bb13a/runbb.sh start
  536 59:47       Jan24 sh /usr/local/bb13a/bin/bbrun
/usr/local/bb13a/bin/bb-lo
  540 59:47       Jan24 /sbin/mingetty tty1
  541 59:47       Jan24 /sbin/mingetty tty2
  542 59:47       Jan24 /sbin/mingetty tty3
  543 59:47       Jan24 /sbin/mingetty tty4
  544 59:47       Jan24 /sbin/mingetty tty5
  545 59:47       Jan24 /sbin/mingetty tty6
  547 59:47       Jan24 update (bdflush)
29105 06:05       Jan24 [hfaxd <defunct>]

Some times I can just kill process hfaxd, but some times I need to
reboot.  Presently I cron a reboot at 1:00 each night.

I use hylafax only to send fax and pager.

Somebody can help me put the finger on the problem?

Thank at advance.

Hylafax:4.1beta1	
OS:	Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
	Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i586  
 

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Carl Provencher
Programmeur/Analyste
Service d'Informatique et
des Télécommunications
Pavillon Casault
Cité Universitaire
Sainte-Foy, (Sainte-Foy)
Tél.: (418) 656-2131 poste: 8719
Fax.: (418) 656-7305
Couriel: Carl.Provencher@sit.ulaval.ca