Hi Scott, Those aren't processes. There is 1 process with many threads and your system is reporting them as separate processes. :-)
Hope that helps. Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Stingel" Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 4:47 PM Subject: mysql 'start' spawns 10 instances of mysqld > Hi- > > having a problem with a new installation of MySQL 4 on a Xeon-based system > (Tyan S2723), single processor installed. Whenever I start mysql, I then > check using ps -ef and find that not only has mysqld_safe started, but in > addition I have 10 new 'mysqld' processes. > > Why are there so many processes? Is this a config error or an error in > mysqld_safe? > > Thanks -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]