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#1 2019-08-22 07:43:55

olocin
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Registered: 2018-01-03
Posts: 171

[solved] Many instances of same process in pstree

Is it fine to have many instances of the same process, e.g. 90*Dropbox, or 4*nm-applet?

$ pstree
systemd─┬─NetworkManager───2*[{NetworkManager}]
        ├─dbus-daemon
        ├─dropbox───90*[{dropbox}]
        ├─gnome-keyring-d───3*[{gnome-keyring-d}]
        ├─login───startx───xinit─┬─Xorg───2*[{Xorg}]
        │                        └─dwm─┬─dwm_status.sh───sleep
        │                              ├─nm-applet───4*[{nm-applet}]
        │                              ├─redshift
        │                              ├─st───tmux: client
        │                              ├─udiskie───2*[{udiskie}]
        │                              └─xautolock
        ├─lvmetad
        ├─polkitd───7*[{polkitd}]
        ├─rtkit-daemon───2*[{rtkit-daemon}]
        ├─systemd─┬─(sd-pam)
        │         ├─at-spi-bus-laun─┬─dbus-daemon
        │         │                 └─3*[{at-spi-bus-laun}]
        │         ├─at-spi2-registr───2*[{at-spi2-registr}]
        │         ├─dbus-daemon
        │         ├─dconf-service───2*[{dconf-service}]
        │         ├─gvfs-udisks2-vo───2*[{gvfs-udisks2-vo}]
        │         ├─gvfsd─┬─gvfsd-dnssd───2*[{gvfsd-dnssd}]
        │         │       ├─gvfsd-network───3*[{gvfsd-network}]
        │         │       ├─gvfsd-trash───2*[{gvfsd-trash}]
        │         │       └─2*[{gvfsd}]
        │         ├─gvfsd-fuse───5*[{gvfsd-fuse}]
        │         ├─gvfsd-metadata───2*[{gvfsd-metadata}]
        │         └─pulseaudio─┬─gsettings-helpe───3*[{gsettings-helpe}]
        │                      └─2*[{pulseaudio}]
        ├─systemd-journal
        ├─systemd-logind
        ├─systemd-udevd
        ├─tmux: server───bash───pstree
        ├─udisksd───4*[{udisksd}]
        ├─upowerd───2*[{upowerd}]
        ├─wpa_supplicant
        └─xplugd

Last edited by olocin (2019-08-22 08:32:18)

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#2 2019-08-22 07:58:34

V1del
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Registered: 2012-10-16
Posts: 21,421

Re: [solved] Many instances of same process in pstree

Those are usually threads, not distinct processes, and yes this can indeed be normal.

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#3 2019-08-22 08:32:01

olocin
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Registered: 2018-01-03
Posts: 171

Re: [solved] Many instances of same process in pstree

I see, thanks for explaining.

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