if it shows up in a PS then its running ;-)
however kacpid is just the type of acpi daemon k probably the KDE
implementation of it if took a guess.
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Jon M. Hanson <
jon@the-hansons-az.net> wrote:
> Those are kernel processes/threads.
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> On Oct 22, 2008, at 5:22 PM, kitepilot@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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