On Thursday 23 August 2001 11:10 am, Mark Weaver methodically organized electrons to state: > Hi list, > > there's something strange here on my Mandrake 8.0 box and try as i might i > can't find it to kill it! it seems to be a process of some sort that when > it runs it cripples my system making it impossible to get any work done. > what ever this is it shows up in kpm and top like this: > > [kapm-idled] > > > Could someone please tell me what this is and how to kill it once and for > all? i've attempted every way and manner available to me that i know of > that you would normally use to stop a process that has gotten away. All of > them have no affect on this one though. It's a common complaint, easily found in the mail list archives, had you bothered to search them. IIRC, the canonical answer is that it is a pseudo proceess set up to allow for some kind of accounting measurement; it's harmless; it doesn't really use those resources; it can safely be ignored. Oh . . . and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Hoyt
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com
