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

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

Thanks, that's what I thought...    :)
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Jon M. Hanson writes: 

> 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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