On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 10:34 , Ryan Coleman wrote: >>>> Apparently some program is starting a background >>>> process that's hogging >>>> resources. Tracking this down will be as tedious as >>>> an extension conflict. >> >> Not at all...When you get a chance, and you're running a bunch of apps >> as you normally do, open iTunes and rip a few songs. As you're doing >> this, run the command "top" in a Terminal window (sorry if you already >> know about this, but your message suggested that you didn't). >> >> The second column top displays will be the name of the app or process, >> and the third is the % of the CPU power it is using. No doubt iTunes >> will be up there, and top might be around 8-10%. But anything else >> that's hogging resources should be apparent from there. Should you find >> the offender, type "kill ####" where "####" stands for the PID number >> in >> the first column. >> >> Again, sorry if you already know how to do this. I'm no Unix champ >> myself, but this is part of what I've come to love about X. > > > Just to check, do you have to be in SU mode to do that? I know you do > in *nix if you are not the owner of the process.
You don't need to be root to use "ps" or "top" or any similar utility. However, to kill a process you need to have permission to do so. You get that from either being root (who can do anything) or being the owner of the process (you can kill your own processes). Eagle -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
