[nmglug] [apcupsd] <defunct>

[Gary Sandine]

On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 12:20 -0700, js at jasonschaefer.com wrote:
> I cannot start apcupsd because it has a defunct process. A kill -9 ## won't
> remove this from my process list. It has no parent processes. 
> 
> Anyone know a way to remove this zombie from the ps list without rebooting?

I don't think you can do that.  Why won't a new one start -- what is the
error message?  Maybe it's just checking for an existing pid file or
something that you can delete.