A computer program is a passive collection of instructions; a process is the actual execution of those instructions.
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Thunderbird keeps sleeping in the processes of Ubuntu
I am working with Ubuntu 13.04 but the problem was the same in the versions before:
many times when I want to start Thunderbird it rejects to start as "still running" and I had to "shut it first". ...
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How can see find process that have pages swapped out?
I would like to know which processes have pages swapped out. htop only show virtual memory which may or may not be paged out. Are there any tool that are more refined than this?
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Open Text Summarizer in Java
I am using Open Text Summarizer on Ubuntu, and it works fine from my terminal... To use it I have to run the following command in terminal:
ots -r 5 /home/arslan/tempEclipse.txt
Now I want to ...
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Start a new process without blocking the terminal
Is it possible to do this? For example if I run "gedit tifatul.txt" via the command line, my terminal becomes blocked and I can't enter other command in this terminal before I quit gedit. Can I start ...
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Is there something Limits the CPU usage for a process and its Children [duplicate]
i was wondering about something like CPUlimit to limit the process CPU usage but i am aiming to apply the same percentage of usage for its children processes too automatically without adding them ...
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How to investigate scheduler issues?
I have a server process that should runs multiple threads at close to 100%, each on its own CPU. When I run the process on a RHEL box, the CPUs in question appear to stay pegged at 100%, according to ...
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Finding a process's filename from its PID?
I'm trying to figure out what program keeps killing the network indicator:
$ nm-applet
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
** Message: PID 31340 (we are 28924) sent signal 15, ...
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Number of process ID
why number of my process id reach to 32433 ?
PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:01 init
2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
3 ? 00:00:45 ksoftirqd/0
5 ? 00:00:00 kworker/0:0H
8 ? ...
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Serverprocesses ending with '-d'?
I just realized, that every serverprocess ends with a d?
Like:
Apache: httpd
MySQL : mysqld
Unreal IRC : unrealircd
Why is this? Is there any reason, or is it to recognize them from each other?
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Number of processes called espeak
running 12.04 on an ltsp network. A number of users seem to have a large number of espeak processes running, yet they seem to using LibreOffice and not consciously using any speech synthesis
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Work progress of operations in Libre Office
I have a quite large datasheet (about 400,000 rows and 8 columns) so when I work with it now (for example deleting thousands of rows) it takes ages (well, minutes) and the screen fades out (however, ...
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When Compiz' EXPO plugin crashes (or causes .. to crash), can one tty-kill the EXPO plugin *only* (rather than taking down Unity/Compiz altogether)?
It seems to me that the EXPO plugin does, unfortunately (?), not constitute a separate process (?) which could be ended/killed if needed.
Is this correct?
And, if so, is there still a way to ...
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Is there a program that bans me from using a program for a certain amount of time?
So school just restarted and i'm crazy addicted to league of Legend. Is there anyway I can block myself from running it for like 1-2 days. I'm looking for a program. I believe there is one like this ...
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bash and c - 2 processes in concurrency to write a file
I made a C program, it forks 2 processes and each one of them uses
system()
to call 2 scripts (script1.sh and script2.sh), what I want to do is let them write in a file (output.txt) in parallel ...
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What is the design process (principles or guidlines) for Unity's UX and GUI?
I recently started to think and develop a new concept of UX and GUI for Ubuntu (desktop, television, mobile and tablet) and I try to start the project on a methodological basis respecting the basic ...
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What priority to use calling sched_setscheduler
I am writing a server that I do not want preempted by any other user process or "low priority" kernel process. I'm using code like this:
struct sched_param sched_param;
memset(&sched_param, 0, ...
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Run program from a shell script but behave as one process only?
Is there a way I can execute an application from a shell script but not create another process. I want it to look like one process only. It doesn't matter whether my shell script is replaced by a new ...
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Is there a way to associate additional application launcher with an app?
I want to associate my own application launcher (.desktop file) with an application but not replace the original, just make it an option.
So, there is the default .desktop file. When launched, it ...
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How to determine whether a process is actively using internet [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I capture network traffic of a single process?
I want to write a script which start/resume downloading big file using a download manager say wget only if the ...
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Ubuntu Server CD dont start the installation process
Hi I'm trying to install ubuntu server on a laptop with i5 intel processor and 4GB of memory. I don't want any other OS on it I want to use it as my personal server.
The problem is when I boot form ...
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Unknown user 119 when I type ps
when I typed
ps -aux
i recived
(...)
root 2158 0.3 0.1 43860 6028 ? Sl Jan18 0:36 Passenger spawn server
119 2037 0.0 0.6 59152 26208 ? ...
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What is pxgsettings?
Today I opened System monitor to kill an app and found three enigmatic entries labelled pxgsettings and four sh entries. See image below:
Does anyone have a clue what these are?
EDIT
Today (2 days ...
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Very large values for utime and stime for foo. Is foo still running?
I am running a program foo
It has been running for close to 30 days now (even more)
Until around 10 days ago (I cannot be very exact) it used 100% of one cpu on my dual core laptop (it was at the top ...
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Shell script to -9 kill based on name
Is there a way (perhaps a script) how to automate this process:
petr@sova:~$ ps -ef | grep middleman
petr 18445 2312 1 12:06 pts/2 00:00:01 /home/petr/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p362/bin/middleman ...
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How to use wired and wireless interfaces simultaneously?
When creating any socket, we don't provide a device name (like eth0, or wlan0). On my laptop, I have a wired interface (eth) and a wireless interface (wlan). I want to run one process on each ...
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get network statistics from /proc/<pid>
I want to obtain network related data transfer by a process when the process Id is provided. Please let me know if i can get this information from /proc filesystem in linux.
Thanks,
Vivek
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Will existing Ubuntu installation will still on this new hardware..?
I currently have the following CPU:
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 240e Processor
stepping : 2
microcode : 0x10000b7
cpu MHz : 2800.000
cache size : 1024 KB
on the following ...
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Internet Issue in Ubuntu 12.04
I have the following configuration:
Ubuntu 12.04 32bit
4GB RAM
160 GB HDD
I am facing two issues:
1) I have noticed that when My Internet goes down / disconnected, my PC Fan starts flowing fast. ...
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How to assign one CPU to one process?
How to assign one CPU to one process so that no other process can use that CPU while the process with that PID is running on that CPU?
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How to revert an 'apt-get remove' action after pressing CTRL+Z
I ran by mistake apt-get remove WRONG_PACKAGE, after realizing this, I pressed CTRL+Z to break the process since removing that package started removing around 100+ other packages.
Now when I try to ...
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Dbuses and Apaches are using up memory
I recently noticed, in System Monitor, that multiple Apache2 processes are showing up (with the same "Command Line"). There are currently 6 of them, each with 7MB memory. I also noticed a whole bunch ...
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How do I determine an application's process name?
This is the situation:
Working on (the next version of) a Unity Quick List editor, I would like to add a reliable way of "restarting" launcher icons. To do so, I need to remove the icon (editing ...
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Kill Java processes
I'm working on a computationally heavy code that - for now - crashes a lot, but I'm still working on it :) When it crashes, I can't close the GUI window; I have to open a shell and kill -9 the ...
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Doesn't kill the process
I have to kill mysqld process but after it had killed the same process constituted in a different way as a new pid number. e.g :
ak@ak-EasyNote-TM98:~$ ps -aux|grep mysql
mysqld start mysql 6894 ...
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How can we find which process is using a particular port?
Given a port number how can we find which process is using it?
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find binary linked to a process which crashes soon as launched?
Program A after checking the system configuration executes one of Programs B, C or D. When I run Program A, it launches one of these and newly launched program crashes (takes less than a second). This ...
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How to run a command asking password in background?
I want to run a command sudo apt-get update &. However after hitting enter, when i hit for jobs, it shows the status of these commands as stopped. My guess is that by pushing the process into ...
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Kill entire process hierarchy
How do I send a signal (kill, for example) to a process and all its descendants?
Consider this example excerpt from pstree:
|-run-flipper-test(15975)---java(15976)-+-java(17258)-+-{java}(17261)
...
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How to prevent a process to run?
I want some process not to run because I don't need them. Is there a way to prevent from running some processes?
After start up if possible or by opening applications with is it "child process" (i ...
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process id from window id
When i run xprop -id <wid> on a given windows id for an opengl application (Ubuntu 12.04) i get a bunch of properties, but i don't see _NET_WM_PID;
$ xprop -id 0x4a00002
...
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XAMPP: Deamon is already running, but it's NOT apache
This one is giving me a headache...
I have installed XAMPP for Linux 1.7.7 on Ubuntu 12.10. I haven't installed the latest version because of the new security "feature" which makes XAMPP so secure I ...
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How to find processed called from a specific Terminal?
I sometimes start processes in the background using the terminal. For example:
$ matlab &
Some hours later, I cannot remember which Terminal I began matlab from, i.e. which Terminal is not safe ...
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Number of processes named 'doodle'
I have been using 12.10 for a few days. Just upgraded it from 12.04. My computer, which has a 4GB RAM and 64 bit Intel processor, just goes slow randomly. When I press Ctrl+Alt+F6 and login through a ...
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How to kill “kworker” due to too much CPU usage? (Emergency!!!) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Kworker, what is it and why is it hogging so much CPU?
I can't work on my system.....!
Is this due to Synaps Searcher?
Help!!!
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I can't kill a port process
I'm doing in Ubuntu 12
alex@ubuntu:~/folder$ lsof -t -i:3000
4469
alex@ubuntu:~/folder$ kill 4469
alex@ubuntu:~/folder$ lsof -t -i:3000
4469
What did I do wrong?
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Kill a process by giving dir
I'm working on a Control Panel for SA-MP.
Firstly I want to make a start and a close button.
The start button is done, I'm having some problems with the close button.
I will host multiple server on ...
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ps: show thread and display as ASCII “forest”
My favourite ps invocation is:
ps -efww ef
as I need to watch all processes (-e), get extended information about them (-f), see the environment (e) they operate within, wrapping lines (-w -w) so I ...
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Ubuntu is not regulating speed of cpu fan. Overheating Problems
Hello everyone i am encountering a serious problem which is not allowing me to carry out my usual routine.
I am new to Linux and since i installed it my p.c is shutdown without any warning.
And i ...
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Game crash/Screen freeze recovery (without shell or reboot) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
I am an old Windows PC gamer, now converted into Ubuntu (Linux) lover. I am even going so far as to attempt to replace all my games ...
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What is <defunct> for a process and why it doesn't get killed?
The chrome browser was not responsive and I tried to kill it, but instead of disappearing the process had <defunct> at its right, and didn't got killed:
What is <defunct> for a process ...
