From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N6jTO-00081k-35 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:28:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85D65E092B; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:28:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E8AAE092B for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:28:48 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,699,1249254000"; d="scan'208";a="146969930" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 07 Nov 2009 11:28:47 +0000 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D47C1287C for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:28:45 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <4069D6F8-BC81-40CC-8E8E-90347EE81C07@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200911071101.33605.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ps shows pegasus process running - what is it? Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:28:45 +0000 References: <39CFC182-B039-4D26-9880-DC26485DF8F2@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <200911071101.33605.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: 3e87c807-23f3-4227-9da2-0246ceaccff6 X-Archives-Hash: e574e41de540fc652e8ed441a6c29ac7 On 7 Nov 2009, at 10:01, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Samstag 07 November 2009, Stroller wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I have just found a process called "pegasus" running on my machine. >> Does anyone know what it is, please? >> >> # ps -e | grep peg >> 816 ? 00:00:00 pegasus >> # >> >> A Google suggested I might be able to find it's path thusly: >> # ps -e -o pid,args | grep peg >> 816 [pegasus] >> 13927 grep --colour=auto peg >> # >> >> But as you can see, no joy. What do the [square brackets] mean, >> please? > > afaik it is a kernel process. Yes, on a second look I find other processes bracketed similarly - e.g. rt2500pci and reiserfs. I'd love to know what the name of the kernel module is so I can unload it: $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i pegasus CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS=y $ Stroller.