Hello, I upgraded the kernel and glibc over the weekend (using rpms) on my RH8.0 laptop. I upgraded glibc using 'rpm -Fvh', but when I upgraded the kernel I used two steps. First 'rpm -ivh' to leave the existing kernel in place until I could test it, then I removed the old kernel with 'rpm -e'. Now to the question.
Before the upgrade when I would run 'ps axuf' I would see something like the following, which was taken from a similar machine (excuse the long lines, I want the output to be clear): root 14944 0.0 0.0 1976 924 ? S 2002 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --datadir=/usr/local mysql 14963 0.0 0.2 13164 4048 ? S 2002 0:03 \_ /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysq mysql 14965 0.0 0.2 13164 4048 ? S 2002 0:03 \_ /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/ mysql 14966 0.0 0.2 13164 4048 ? S 2002 0:01 \_ /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/lo mysql 16240 0.0 0.2 13164 4048 ? S 11:01 0:00 \_ /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/lo mysql 16241 0.0 0.2 13164 4048 ? S 11:01 0:00 \_ /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/lo root 8469 0.0 0.3 50484 5216 ? S 06:49 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd apache 8470 0.0 0.5 51688 8648 ? S 06:49 0:01 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd apache 8471 0.0 0.4 51772 7652 ? S 06:49 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd apache 8472 0.0 0.5 51820 8284 ? S 06:49 0:00 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd apache 8473 0.0 0.5 51744 8144 ? S 06:49 0:01 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd apache 8474 0.0 0.5 51784 8872 ? S 06:49 0:01 \_ /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd But now when I run the 'ps axuf' command I get the following output: root 1571 0.0 0.7 4080 920 pts/1 S 09:15 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/safe_mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf mysql 1601 0.0 0.5 28904 700 pts/1 S 09:15 0:00 \_ [mysqld] mysql 1603 0.0 0.5 28904 700 pts/1 S 09:15 0:00 \_ [mysqld] mysql 1604 0.0 0.5 28904 700 pts/1 S 09:15 0:00 \_ [mysqld] mysql 1611 0.0 0.5 28904 700 pts/1 S 09:15 0:00 \_ [mysqld] root 6293 0.0 0.6 8204 820 ? S 10:15 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd apache 6294 0.0 0.6 8264 840 ? S 10:15 0:00 \_ [httpd] apache 6295 0.0 0.6 8264 840 ? S 10:15 0:00 \_ [httpd] apache 6296 0.0 0.6 8264 840 ? S 10:15 0:00 \_ [httpd] apache 6297 0.0 0.6 8264 840 ? S 10:15 0:00 \_ [httpd] apache 6298 0.0 0.6 8264 840 ? S 10:15 0:00 \_ [httpd] I can still connect to apache and mysql just fine, but I want to make sure that nothing is wrong before I update glibc and the kernel on my production machines. I recompiled apache to see if the problem was an issue with the binaries having been compiled with a former version of glibc, no luck. There are a few other processes that are displayed this way, notably the following: root 839 0.0 0.6 2044 848 ? S 09:08 0:00 /bin/sh /command/svscanboot root 885 0.0 0.2 1336 284 ? S 09:08 0:00 \_ svscan /service root 887 0.0 0.1 1300 244 ? S 09:08 0:00 | \_ supervise dnscache dnscache 6541 1.5 1.0 2600 1340 ? S 13:00 0:00 | | \_ [dnscache] root 888 0.0 0.1 1300 244 ? S 09:08 0:00 | \_ supervise log dnslog 6540 1.0 0.2 1304 264 ? S 13:00 0:00 | | \_ multilog t /var/log/djbdns/dnscache root 889 0.0 0.1 1300 244 ? S 09:08 0:00 | \_ supervise qmail qmails 895 0.0 0.2 1344 324 ? S 09:08 0:00 | | \_ [qmail-send] qmaill 897 0.0 0.2 1312 348 ? S 09:08 0:00 | | \_ [splogger] root 898 0.0 0.1 1308 220 ? S 09:08 0:00 | | \_ qmail-lspawn |preline procmail qmailr 899 0.0 0.1 1304 244 ? S 09:08 0:00 | | \_ [qmail-rspawn] qmailq 900 0.0 0.1 1304 240 ? S 09:08 0:00 | | \_ [qmail-clean] root 890 0.0 0.1 1300 244 ? S 09:08 0:00 | \_ supervise zope root 891 0.0 0.1 1300 244 ? S 09:08 0:00 | \_ supervise log Many other processes are displayed the same as they used to be, so I am really not sure what is going on here. So, why does the process listing now show a [mysqld] instead of the full path as before? The only place I had seen this sort of thing before is when ps displays a zombie process. Any help or assistance is appreciated, Cory -- Cory Wright Stand Blue Technology http://www.standblue.net/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
