Andrew,
> huh? ld-linux is the 'interpreter' which ELF executables ask the kernel
> to launch to get them running. How do you get a process called
> ld-linux.so.2? I'd be interested in seeing your 'ps auxfw' output.
color me crazy but it's there.
>
> Anyway, you should be studying...
I am. I was doing an assignment for Natural Language Processing when I
noticed
it. My friend Jon noticed it to. Apparently on his machine after three
days of
uptime it was taking up 30 megs or something.
--- here it is.
10:29pm up 4:46, 1 user, load average: 3.09, 2.11, 1.76
87 processes: 78 sleeping, 5 running, 1 zombie, 3 stopped
CPU states: 67.1% user, 24.6% system, 0.0% nice, 8.2% idle
Mem: 79296K av, 73324K used, 5972K free, 30768K shrd, 11480K buff
Swap: 128448K av, 46828K used, 81620K free 23048K
cached
PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME
COMMAND
636 root 3 0 19068 13M 1516 R 0 8.5 17.6 7:27 X
702 sheldonl 14 0 3240 1992 616 R 0 5.9 2.5 0:49
kbgndwm
22644 sheldonl 0 0 14180 8596 2560 D 0 2.6 10.8 1:08
ld-linux.so.2
13577 root 1 0 408 408 324 D 0 1.9 0.5 0:00 rm
--
==============================================================================
Sheldon Lee Wen
"Superstition is a word the ignorant use to describe their ignorance."
-- Sifu.
==============================================================================
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.0 1148 68 ? S 17:43 0:02 init
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 17:43 0:15 [kflushd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [kpiod]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 17:43 0:12 [kswapd]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
bin 285 0.0 0.0 1144 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [portmap]
root 337 0.0 0.2 1204 204 ? S 17:43 0:00 syslogd
root 347 0.0 0.0 1436 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [klogd]
root 366 0.0 0.1 1296 120 ? S 17:43 0:00 crond
root 381 0.0 0.0 1192 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [inetd]
root 426 0.0 0.0 1220 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [lpd]
root 464 0.0 0.0 1180 60 ? S 17:43 0:03 gpm -t ps/2
root 479 0.0 0.0 6208 44 ? S 17:43 0:01 httpd
nobody 505 0.0 0.0 6232 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 \_ [httpd]
root 493 0.0 0.0 1748 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [safe_mysqld]
root 499 0.0 0.0 3348 48 ? S 17:43 0:00 \_ [mysqld]
root 532 0.0 0.0 3348 48 ? S 17:43 0:00 \_ [mysqld]
root 533 0.0 0.0 3348 48 ? S 17:43 0:00 \_ [mysqld]
root 549 0.0 0.0 1116 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [vmnet-bridge]
xfs 574 0.0 1.8 4660 1428 ? S 17:43 0:09 xfs -port -1
root 626 0.0 0.0 1124 0 tty1 SW 17:43 0:00 [mingetty]
root 627 0.0 0.0 1124 0 tty2 SW 17:43 0:00 [mingetty]
root 628 0.0 0.0 1124 0 tty3 SW 17:43 0:00 [mingetty]
root 629 0.0 0.0 1124 0 tty4 SW 17:43 0:00 [mingetty]
root 630 0.0 0.0 1124 0 tty5 SW 17:43 0:00 [mingetty]
root 631 0.0 0.0 1124 0 tty6 SW 17:43 0:00 [mingetty]
root 632 0.0 0.0 6008 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [prefdm]
root 636 2.6 13.2 22304 10536 ? S 17:43 7:22 \_ /etc/X11/X -dpi 100
-auth /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/A:0-gCua
root 637 0.0 0.0 6948 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 \_ [prefdm]
sheldonl 656 0.4 1.4 6768 1168 ? S 17:45 1:08 \_ kwm
sheldonl 694 0.0 0.6 6380 476 ? S 17:45 0:01 \_ kwmsound
sheldonl 695 0.0 1.9 7168 1524 ? S 17:45 0:09 \_ kpanel
sheldonl 707 0.0 0.4 2924 392 ? S 17:45 0:01 | \_ xload
-nolabel
sheldonl 697 0.0 2.6 10008 2128 ? S 17:45 0:07 \_ kfm
sheldonl 767 0.0 0.3 7028 308 ? S 17:58 0:00 | \_ konsole
-icon konsole.xpm -miniicon konsole.xpmi -cap
sheldonl 768 0.0 0.0 2044 0 pts/0 SW 17:58 0:00 | | \_
[bash]
root 769 0.0 0.0 1940 0 pts/0 SW 17:58 0:00 | | \_
[su]
root 770 0.0 0.0 2012 0 pts/0 SW 17:58 0:00 | |
\_ [bash]
sheldonl 778 0.2 2.2 7732 1788 ? S 17:59 0:39 | \_ konsole
-icon konsole.xpm -miniicon konsole.xpmi -cap
sheldonl 779 0.0 0.0 2056 0 pts/1 SW 17:59 0:00 | | \_
[bash]
root 1774 0.0 0.0 1940 0 pts/1 SW 18:01 0:00 | | \_
[su]
root 1775 0.0 0.7 2044 572 pts/1 S 18:01 0:00 | |
\_ bash
root 5782 0.0 0.0 1892 0 pts/1 TW 19:11 0:00 | |
\_ [configure]
root 6187 0.0 0.0 1892 0 pts/1 TW 19:11 0:00 | |
| \_ [configure]
root 6193 0.0 0.0 2636 0 pts/1 TW 19:11 0:00 | |
| \_ [gcc]
root 10188 0.0 1.2 1892 1016 pts/1 S 20:04 0:00 | |
\_ sh ./configure --prefix=/usr
root 10575 0.0 1.2 1892 1016 pts/1 S 20:04 0:00 | |
\_ sh ./configure --prefix=/usr
root 10576 0.0 0.5 1208 440 pts/1 S 20:04 0:00 | |
\_ /usr/bin/pg++ -o conftest con
root 10580 0.0 0.7 3788 576 pts/1 D 20:04 0:00 | |
\_ /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-
sheldonl 786 0.1 2.3 7876 1880 ? S 18:00 0:24 | \_ konsole
-icon konsole.xpm -miniicon konsole.xpmi -cap
sheldonl 787 0.0 0.0 2056 0 pts/2 SW 18:00 0:00 | | \_
[bash]
root 7188 0.0 0.0 1940 0 pts/2 SW 18:07 0:00 | | \_
[su]
root 7189 0.0 0.7 2032 580 pts/2 S 18:07 0:00 | |
\_ bash
root 8815 0.0 0.7 1288 620 pts/2 S 20:03 0:00 | |
\_ make -j3
root 8816 0.0 0.7 1292 620 pts/2 S 20:03 0:00 | |
\_ make all-recursive
root 8817 0.0 1.0 1752 840 pts/2 S 20:03 0:00 | |
\_ /bin/sh -c set fnord w; amf=$
root 8827 0.0 1.0 1760 860 pts/2 S 20:03 0:00 | |
\_ /bin/sh -c set fnord w; a
root 8828 0.0 0.7 1276 604 pts/2 S 20:03 0:00 | |
\_ make all
root 8829 0.0 1.0 1752 840 pts/2 S 20:03 0:00 | |
\_ /bin/sh -c set fn
root 10273 0.0 1.0 1760 860 pts/2 S 20:04 0:00 | |
\_ /bin/sh -c se
root 10274 0.0 0.8 1308 636 pts/2 S 20:04 0:00 | |
\_ make all
root 10279 0.0 1.8 2364 1480 pts/2 S 20:04 0:00 | |
\_ /bin/
root 10549 0.0 0.5 1208 440 pts/2 S 20:04 0:00 | |
\_ /
root 10563 0.0 9.9 9364 7860 pts/2 R 20:04 0:01 | |
sheldonl 10803 0.0 2.8 7840 2296 ? S 18:16 0:10 | \_ konsole
-icon konsole.xpm -miniicon konsole.xpmi -cap
sheldonl 10812 0.0 0.0 2048 0 pts/3 SW 18:16 0:00 | | \_
[bash]
root 13857 0.0 0.0 1940 0 pts/3 SW 18:20 0:00 | | \_
[su]
root 13858 0.0 0.9 2052 788 pts/3 S 18:20 0:00 | |
\_ bash
root 9943 0.0 0.5 1148 408 pts/3 D 20:04 0:00 | |
\_ rm -i -R -f linux
sheldonl 20692 0.0 1.1 7384 880 ? S 18:50 0:02 | \_ kwrite
-caption Advanced Editor -icon kwrite.xpm
sheldonl 22496 0.1 1.0 7040 796 ? S 19:23 0:20 | \_ kppp
root 22497 0.0 0.0 6608 0 ? SW 19:23 0:00 | | \_
[kppp]
root 22618 0.0 0.0 1696 0 ttyS1 SW 19:24 0:00 | | \_
[pppd]
sheldonl 22644 0.6 14.3 28108 11340 ? S 19:24 1:06 | \_
/usr/i386-glibc20-linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2 --library-p
sheldonl 22660 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 19:24 0:00 | | \_
[netscape <defunct>]
sheldonl 2924 0.0 5.8 7204 4648 ? S 19:58 0:01 | \_ konsole
-icon konsole.xpm -miniicon konsole.xpmi -cap
sheldonl 2930 0.0 1.4 1968 1120 pts/4 S 19:58 0:00 | \_
/bin/bash
sheldonl 10578 0.0 1.1 2672 940 pts/4 R 20:04 0:00 | \_
ps auxfw
sheldonl 10579 0.0 0.4 1124 360 pts/4 S 20:04 0:00 | \_
cat
sheldonl 698 0.0 0.4 6460 344 ? S 17:45 0:00 \_ krootwm
sheldonl 702 0.2 1.3 7180 1080 ? S 17:45 0:47 \_ kbgndwm
sheldonl 706 0.0 0.4 6552 356 ? S 17:45 0:00 \_ kmix
-restore kmixrc.2 -caption Sound Mixer Panel -icon k
root 634 0.0 0.0 1120 48 ? S 17:43 0:09 update (bdflush)
root 649 0.0 0.0 1480 0 ? SW 17:43 0:00 [vmnet-dhcpd]
sheldonl 677 0.0 0.2 6884 216 ? SN 17:45 0:04 /usr/bin/kmatrix.kss
-delay 10 -install -corners iiii -nice 19
sheldonl 692 0.0 0.0 6612 0 ? SW 17:45 0:00 [kaudioserver]
sheldonl 693 0.1 0.2 6632 176 ? S 17:45 0:23 \_ maudio -media 2
