Why do I have multiple instances of the same process?

Joe_Arch · 2009-03-15 23:39:42

So, I noticed sometimes htop tells me that I have about a dozen kazehakase processes running when I open my browser. Take a look at this.

And then I noticed that I have a LOT of instances of usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon. Huh?

Anyone know what's going on? ps -A tells me I just have one kazehakase running.

SamC · 2009-03-15 23:41:34

They're probably threads. I'm not knowledgeable about this, but I'm pretty certain that that's the explanation for the multiple ck-daemon instances.

Joe_Arch · 2009-03-16 01:00:27

So when htop tells me I have 7 instances of kazehakase running, does that mean that each ones takes up 12mb of ram, or just one?

SamC · 2009-03-16 01:06:39

I'm pretty sure that it means they use 12mb of ram in total. You can hide threads by pressing "H" in htop.

Last edited by SamC (2009-03-16 01:12:36)

skottish · 2009-03-16 01:10:34

When in htop:

F2 (Setup) -->
Display options -->
Check 'Hide userland threads' -->
F10 (Done)

That will give you a better view of processes vs. threads.

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