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

[Dale Farnsworth]

In article <5087c7c50810221744y38aafbe8gee09551b781b766 at mail.gmail.com> you write:
> 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.

In this case, the k stands for kernel.  It's the kernel ACPI daemon.

-Dale

> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Jon M. Hanson <jon at the-hansons-az.net> wrote:
> > 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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