Suse 9, [kacpid] and display of "ps"

[Jon M. Hanson]

Those are kernel processes/threads.
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On Oct 22, 2008, at 5:22 PM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com wrote:

> WHAT DO THE BRACKETS mean? (down below)
>
> Hello there:
>
> I have a Suse 9 machine as:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> # uname -r
> 2.6.5-7.97-smp
> # cat /etc/issue
>
> Welcome to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (i586) - Kernel \r (\l).
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I am trying to determine if the acpi daemon is running, but all I  
> find is:
>
> # ps aux|grep acp
> root         5  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        S<   Sep22   0:00  
> [kacpid]
>
> There is no reference whatsoever to "kacpid" in /etc/init.d
>
> Also, WHAT DO THE BRACKETS in [kacpid] mean?
> I have always wondered about those brackets and "man ps" doesn't  
> really
> help...
>
> Appreciate any help.
> Thanks
> Enrique
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