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On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:57:28 +0000
Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:30:59AM -0400, Frank wrote:
> >
> >
> > For the past week or so I noticed an empty window which pops up
> > seemingly at random on my screen. It looks like a terminal....but with
> > no cursor inside. The only way it can be closed is by using xkill. I
> > use IceWm and unless I kill it before logging out I can't log out!
> >
> > I'd appreciate any tips on tracking this thing down.
>
> What do you see on 'ps fax'?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ps fax
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
2 ? S< 0:00 [kthreadd]
3 ? S< 0:00 \_ [migration/0]
4 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ksoftirqd/0]
5 ? S< 0:00 \_ [watchdog/0]
6 ? S< 0:00 \_ [migration/1]
7 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ksoftirqd/1]
8 ? S< 0:00 \_ [watchdog/1]
9 ? S< 0:00 \_ [events/0]
10 ? S< 0:01 \_ [events/1]
11 ? S< 0:00 \_ [khelper]
43 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/0]
44 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kblockd/1]
47 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kacpid]
48 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kacpi_notify]
123 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kseriod]
157 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kswapd0]
158 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/0]
159 ? S< 0:00 \_ [aio/1]
507 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ksuspend_usbd]
535 ? S< 0:00 \_ [khubd]
706 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/0]
707 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata/1]
708 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ata_aux]
735 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_0]
736 ? S< 0:00 \_ [usb-storage]
766 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_1]
769 ? S< 0:00 \_ [scsi_eh_2]
861 ? D< 0:01 \_ [kjournald]
1442 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kpsmoused]
1776 ? S< 0:00 \_ [ksnapd]
1807 ? S< 0:00 \_ [kjournald]
3545 ? S 0:00 \_ [pdflush]
4273 ? S 0:00 \_ [pdflush]
1 ? Ss 0:01 init [2]
939 ? S<s 0:00 udevd --daemon
1900 ? Ss 0:00 dhclient3 -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf
/var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth0.leases eth0
2094 ? Ds 0:00 /sbin/syslogd
2101 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/klogd -x
2112 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
2387 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t exps2
2396 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/smartd --pidfile /var/run/smartd.pid
2407 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 103:105 -g
2420 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald
2421 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-runner
2441 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on
/dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event2 /dev/input/event0
2449 ? S 0:00 \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpi kernel
interface /proc/acpi/event
2460 ? S 0:01 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hdc (every
2 sec)
2462 ? S 0:02 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hdd (every
2 sec)
2464 ? S 0:01 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sda (every
2 sec)
2475 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm
2480 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/gdm
2486 tty7 Ss+ 12:54 \_ /usr/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth
/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7
2623 ? Ss 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/icewm-session
2672 ? SNs 0:00 \_ icewmbg
2673 ? Ss 4:16 \_ icewm --restart
2674 ? Ss 0:00 \_ icewmtray
2510 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
2566 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2567 tty2 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
2570 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
2571 tty4 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
2572 tty5 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
2573 tty6 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
2621 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon -d --login
2670 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session
/usr/bin/icewm-session
2671 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 6
--print-address 9 --session
2677 ? S 2:52 gkrellm
2678 ? S 0:24 /usr/bin/rox -p=default
10665 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/bin/rxvt-xpm -geometry 120x60 -fn 8x16 -sb
10666 pts/0 Ss 0:00 \_ bash
10683 pts/0 R+ 0:00 \_ ps fax
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
That's it - I don't see anything strange in there.
Cheers
Frank
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