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trompa
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 Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 5:16 pm Post subject: strange thing with pids |
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when i make a ps ax it gives
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PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ? S 0:04 init
2 ? SW 0:00 [migration_CPU0]
3 ? SW 0:00 [keventd]
4 ? SWN 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
5 ? SW 0:00 [kswapd]
6 ? SW 0:00 [kscand]
7 ? SW 0:00 [bdflush]
8 ? SW 0:00 [kupdated]
11 ? SW 0:00 [khubd]
154 ? S 0:00 /sbin/devfsd /dev
954 ? S 0:00 metalog [MASTER]
956 ? S 0:00 metalog [KERNEL]
1027 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd
1268 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/psaux -t imps2
1341 ? S 0:00 /sbin/dhcpcd eth0
1454 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
1499 vc/1 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
1500 vc/2 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
1501 vc/3 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
1502 vc/4 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
1503 vc/5 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
1504 vc/6 S 0:00 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
1520 ? S 0:00 [gdm]
1522 ? S 0:00 [gdm]
1523 ? R 0:08 /etc/X11/X :0 -nolisten tcp -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xau 1531 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session
1540 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- /etc/X11/gdm/gnomerc
1543 ? S 0:00 /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 11
1545 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 15
1547 ? S 0:00 /usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate - 1549 ? S 0:00 gnome-settings-daemon --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME 1557 ? S 0:00 gnome-smproxy --sm-config-prefix /.gnome-smproxy-DjiC 1559 ? S 0:00 metacity --sm-save-file 1063325940-14343-4193834529.m 1561 ? S 0:00 nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-riJNyi/ --sm-cl 1563 ? S 0:00 gnome-panel --sm-config-prefix /gnome-panel-dDO3xq/ - 1566 ? S 0:00 nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-riJNyi/ --sm-cl 1567 ? S 0:00 nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-riJNyi/ --sm-cl 1568 ? S 0:00 nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-riJNyi/ --sm-cl 1569 ? S 0:00 nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-riJNyi/ --sm-cl 1570 ? S 0:00 nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-riJNyi/ --sm-cl 1571 ? S 0:00 nautilus --sm-config-prefix /nautilus-riJNyi/ --sm-cl 1573 ? S 0:00 /usr/libexec/gweather-applet-2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAF 1575 ? S 0:00 /usr/libexec/notification-area-applet --oaf-activate- 1576 ? S 0:00 /usr/libexec/gweather-applet-2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAF 1577 ? S 0:00 /usr/libexec/gweather-applet-2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAF 1579 ? S 0:00 /usr/libexec/mixer_applet2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID: 1584 ? S 0:00 oafd --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=10
1604 ? R 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
1605 ? S 0:00 [gnome-pty-helpe]
1606 pts/0 S 0:00 -bash
1623 ? S 0:06 /usr/bin/galeon-bin
1628 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/galeon-bin
1629 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/galeon-bin
1630 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/galeon-bin
1631 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/galeon-bin
1641 ? S 0:00 xmms
1642 ? S 0:00 xmms
1643 ? S 0:00 xmms
1644 ? S 0:00 xmms
1645 pts/0 R 0:00 ps ax
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I only have one xmms, one galeon, one weather applet, ...., whats the problem , why it runs 4 processes or more when i onlly run it once?. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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Don't worry.
Many programs "fork" their processes (create child processes) as a normal part of their operation. This is a way to do more than one thing simultaneously without having to use threads.
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