f9 defunct processes right after logon

Dave Feustel dfeustel at mindspring.com
Thu Dec 4 18:02:15 UTC 2008


I am as of this morning seeing lots of defunct ksh shells in my
ps list. Plus, when I shutdown, I was getting a single acpi attach
message, but now I am getting two such messages. Is this happening
because of a yum upgrade?

Thanks.

Process list

  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
    1 ?        Ss     0:01 /sbin/init
    2 ?        S<     0:00 [kthreadd]
    3 ?        S<     0:00 [migration/0]
    4 ?        S<     0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
    5 ?        S<     0:00 [watchdog/0]
    6 ?        S<     0:00 [events/0]
    7 ?        S<     0:00 [khelper]
   68 ?        S<     0:00 [kintegrityd/0]
   70 ?        R<     0:00 [kblockd/0]
   72 ?        S<     0:00 [kacpid]
   73 ?        S<     0:00 [kacpi_notify]
  176 ?        S<     0:00 [cqueue]
  178 ?        S<     0:00 [ksuspend_usbd]
  183 ?        S<     0:00 [khubd]
  186 ?        S<     0:00 [kseriod]
  226 ?        S      0:00 [pdflush]
  227 ?        S      0:00 [pdflush]
  228 ?        S<     0:00 [kswapd0]
  272 ?        S<     0:00 [aio/0]
  469 ?        S<     0:00 [kpsmoused]
  500 ?        S<     0:00 [ata/0]
  501 ?        S<     0:00 [ata_aux]
  504 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
  505 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
  506 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
  507 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
  517 ?        D<     0:00 [kjournald]
  571 ?        S<s    0:00 /sbin/udevd -d
  723 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
  724 ?        S<     0:00 [usb-storage]
  737 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_5]
  739 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_eh_6]
 1090 ?        S<     0:00 [kauditd]
 1622 ?        S<     0:00 [kstriped]
 1637 ?        S<     0:00 [kmpathd/0]
 1639 ?        S<     0:00 [kmpath_handlerd]
 2031 ?        Ss     0:00 /sbin/dhclient -1 -q -lf /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-eth0.leases -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid eth0
 2107 ?        S<sl   0:00 auditd
 2109 ?        S<sl   0:00 /sbin/audispd
 2124 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/restorecond
 2161 ?        Ssl    0:00 dbus-daemon --system
 2210 ?        Ssl    0:00 pcscd
 2219 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid
 2228 ?        Ss     0:00 hald
 2231 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon
 2294 ?        S      0:00 hald-runner
 2313 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event3
 2317 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdb (every 2 sec)
 2320 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
 2321 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdc (every 2 sec)
 2323 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdd (every 2 sec)
 2325 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sde (every 2 sec)
 2328 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sr0 (every 2 sec)
 2373 ?        Ssl    0:02 /usr/bin/python -E /usr/sbin/setroubleshootd
 2381 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy privoxy --pidfile /var/run/privoxy.pid /etc/privoxy/config
 2389 ?        Ss     0:00 crond
 2398 ?        Ss     0:00 kerneloops
 2410 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
 2419 ?        Ss     0:00 avahi-daemon: running [c2.local]
 2420 ?        Ss     0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
 2428 ?        Ss     0:00 cupsd
 2455 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
 2456 tty4     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4
 2457 tty5     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5
 2458 tty2     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2
 2459 tty3     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3
 2460 tty1     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1
 2461 tty6     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6
 2494 tty7     Ss+    0:01 /usr/bin/X -br -nolisten tcp :0 vt7 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-aFt1tq
 2500 ?        S      0:00 -:0                   
 2508 ?        S      0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch 0a49379c536955cffff917f3488b98a7 --binary-syntax --close-stderr
 2509 ?        Ssl    0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
 2534 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 5
 2536 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon -d --login
 2537 ?        Ssl    0:00 gnome-session
 2552 ?        S      0:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
 2553 ?        Ssl    0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
 2559 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /bin/sh -c exec -l /bin/ksh -c "gnome-session"
 2565 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2568 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2569 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2570 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2571 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2572 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2573 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2574 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2575 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2577 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2578 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2579 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2580 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2582 ?        Z      0:00 [ksh] <defunct>
 2602 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
 2605 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --log-target=syslog
 2610 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/pulse/gconf-helper
 2628 ?        Ss     0:00 gnome-screensaver
 2629 ?        S      0:00 metacity --sm-client-id=default1
 2632 ?        S      0:00 gnome-panel --sm-client-id default2
 2635 ?        S      0:00 nautilus --no-default-window --sm-client-id default3
 2637 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=16
 2639 ?        S      0:00 bluetooth-applet --singleton
 2647 ?        S      0:00 gpk-update-icon
 2650 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gvfsd
 2657 ?        S      0:00 kerneloops-applet
 2661 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/libexec//gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/daf/.gvfs
 2665 ?        S      0:00 nm-applet --sm-disable
 2666 ?        S      0:00 python /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py
 2669 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/sbin/packagekitd
 2671 ?        Ss     0:00 gnome-power-manager
 2672 ?        S      0:00 pam-panel-icon --sm-client-id default0
 2674 ?        S      0:00 /sbin/pam_timestamp_check -d root
 2677 ?        S      0:01 /usr/bin/python -E /usr/bin/sealert -s
 2679 ?        S      0:00 /usr/sbin/nm-system-settings --config /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
 2688 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/wnck-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Wncklet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=20
 2692 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.5 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0
 2701 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gvfsd-burn --spawner :1.5 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/1
 2705 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/trashapplet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Panel_TrashApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=21
 2711 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/libexec/mixer_applet2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=22
 2714 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/clock-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=30
 2717 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/gdm-user-switch-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_FastUserSwitchApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=36
 2720 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/notification-area-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_NotificationAreaApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=42
 2728 ?        S      0:00 xterm
 2739 pts/1    Ss     0:00 ksh
 2740 pts/1    R+     0:00 ps ax




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