[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "ps -auxw" > By the way, this is not a question of confusing START time with > TIME running (see below again).
Sorry, my output from ps -auxw looks different than yours. On my Mandrake 8.1 it has columns for a (start) date, and a (total run) time, but they are side by side so it is easy to be confused and believe they are a start date and time. Likewise on my Mandrake 7.2 installation. (Aside: I wonder why the difference? -- You seem to have a start *time* instead of date, and the (total run) time that I have.) Anyway, the output from your ps -auxw truly is confusing, and I can't offer an explanation (other than the possibilities others have mentioned, like a restart that you aren't aware of or something equally bizarre or unlikely). > (1) Before I sent the initial message, I checked the archives on the newbie > and expert lists and could not find any related item (mind you, it is not >obvious > to do a search with "ps" or "startup" as keywords...). I also read what > I thought were the relevant manual pages (but maybe I missed some...). > > (2) I sent this message to the expert list, rather than the newbie, because I > genuinely thought the answer was not obvious (I could of course be very > wrong! I might add hopefully...). > > (3) Despite the fact I felt some "guilt" at starting this "newbie versus expert" > thread, there is one thing that sticks to my mind: it is that people >expressing > their opinions on this list do it in a frank and polite way. In that respect, > Randy Kramer's PS to my initial message deserves mention! Thanks for all of the above, and *thanks to all who provided comments* on the "newbie vs. expert" thread. I truly was trying to understand the thinking process of those who might post on one vs. the other, especially when the results were contrary to what I think I would have done. (Understanding your problem more correctly now, I think I would have posted it on the expert list.) And, as others have said (variously): * if it ain't broke, don't fix it * there is not a lot of noise (of this nature) on the expert or beginner's list, so an occasional newbie question on the expert list is not a big (or vice versa) * the more annoying problem is cross posts (that, AFAICT, don't happen that often either) * these lists are among the most useful and effective I've found, which is a credit to the people on the lists -- polite, tolerant, helpful, knowledgable, etc. regards, Randy Kramer
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
