Clint Harshaw wrote: > Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm using Fedora Core 2 with kde 3.3.0-1.0.2.kde and my gkrellm process >> monitor is showing four users, except that this is a stand-alone and not >> connected to any network [except the internet], and I'm the only user. >> >> So how do I find out what these other processes are, and then how do I >> kill them please? >> >> Sharon. > > Sharon: > > I have experienced the same symptoms you describe, although I don't see > it as often now. IIRC when I logged out as my local user, and logged in > as root, I would regularly see two processes related to bonobo showing > up. I wasn't able to kill them without rebooting -- which was annoying, > as was the alternative: trying to put up with an incorrect number of > users on my GKrellm monitor! There was an update related to bonobo about > a week or so ago that seemed to have helped the situation. > > Try logging out as your user, and log back in as root. Do a ps -ef and > see what processes are showing up as the logged out user. > > See if my postings related to what I describe are what you are seeing > yourself. There may be some bug happening that we should put in > bugzilla. I never saw this happening in FC1. > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=108359807117526&w=2 > > and this post asking if the cause may be related to X'ing out of the > terminal rather than 'exiting' out of the terminal: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=109088693016156&w=2 > > and another user experiencing similar symptoms: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=109283002128882&w=2 > > Clint > Clint. Following up on this and I've now got 7 extra users, and they're all me! I did what you suggested and the result is here;- ------------------------- [root@gads root]# ps ef PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 5161 pts/83 S 0:00 /bin/bash SSH_AGENT_PID=4785 DM_CONTROL=/var/run/xdmc 5185 pts/83 R 0:00 \_ ps ef KDE_MULTIHEAD=false SSH_AGENT_PID=4785 HOST 3156 tty6 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 SELINUX_INIT=YES PATH=/usr/local 3155 tty5 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 SELINUX_INIT=YES PATH=/usr/local 3141 tty4 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 SELINUX_INIT=YES PATH=/usr/local 3110 tty3 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 SELINUX_INIT=YES PATH=/usr/local 3079 tty2 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 SELINUX_INIT=YES PATH=/usr/local 3078 tty1 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1 SELINUX_INIT=YES PATH=/usr/local [root@gads root]# ----------------------------------- [please make alowances for text wrapping!] 'top' shows one zombie process which is [from 'ps aux'] ---------------- boztu 9334 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 16:51 0:00 [netstat] <defunc --------------------------- and then i did the following ;- ------------------------------- gads:~$ kill pid 9334 bash: kill: pid: no such pid gads:~$ users boztu boztu boztu boztu boztu boztu boztu boztu boztu boztu gads:~$ finger boztu Login: boztu Name: (null) Directory: /home/boztu Shell: /bin/bash On since Thu Sep 9 16:47 (BST) on pts/82 10 minutes 46 seconds idle On since Thu Sep 9 16:52 (BST) on pts/83 5 minutes 13 seconds idle (messages off) On since Thu Sep 9 16:54 (BST) on pts/85 3 minutes 47 seconds idle (messages off) On since Thu Sep 9 16:54 (BST) on pts/86 (messages off) No mail. No Plan. ---------------------------------- and as I closed every bash down, it all dropped down to '7 users' again! Odd! Anyone got any ideas how to solve it without rebooting please? Sharon. -- 20:53:51 up 8 days, 42 min, 7 users, load average: 2.40, 2.47, 2.50 Linux is like a wigwam, no windows, no gates, apache inside. Fedora Core 2, KDE 3.3.0, OpenOffice 1.1.2 Registered Linux user 334501
