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Strange X process

  • 27-07-2008 9:53pm
    #1
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭


    Well I think it is anyway.

    My machine was lagging a little this evening and top told me that Firefox was the culprit - it was highest in memory processes - someday they'll fix that damn memory leak.

    But I also noticed this process and I have no idea what it is:
    PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND                                                                                         
 5534 root      15   0 84404  62m  12m S    3  3.1   9:33.07 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -br -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7

    Anyone know?

    [edit]Yes I know what X is - but I've never noticed it before and the fact that it mentions tcp in it concerns me.


Comments

  • #2
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    That's your X server process. The '-nolisten tcp' is actually telling it not to listen for incoming TCP connections.


  • #3
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    ok thanks - so nothing I need to worry about then :)


  • #4
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Macros42 wrote: »
    ok thanks - so nothing I need to worry about then :)

    Nope. Nothing to worry about. The ignorning of incoming TCP connections can be trouble you don't want though if you're using the machine remotely. It has bitten me in the butt before.

    "but I xhost plus'd!!!"


  • #5
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    !!!!

    And you the man who told be about FreeNX :p

    Maybe this is why it won't work! Get your ass into IRC tomorrow at some stage and we can talk :D


  • #6
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Nah, that's not your trouble for freenx. Will hop on IRC at some stage later. o/


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