[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #42665] Windows (Xming) gnuplot viewers crash, leaving defunct processes on host machine

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #42665 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Need Info              

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Thanks for your bug report. For clarity, is the bug that gnuplot figures are
"crashing" (disappearing?), or that Octave is crashing, or that zombie
processes are being left behind on your server when the clients are done with
their Octave session?

I can create a zombie gnuplot process if I make a plot and then "pkill
gnuplot" from outside of Octave, while leaving Octave running. If Octave then
runs "close all" it reaps the child process and all is good.

What do you mean by an "Octave server"? Is each client running its own
instance of Octave over an SSH session? If so, then when Octave exits the
gnuplot processes should be cleaned up.

Or do you mean each client is somehow connecting to a single instance of
Octave that stays running in the background? Because I could definitely see
zombies accumulating if nothing is actively cleaning up those gnuplot
subprocesses correctly.

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