Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:42:11 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dialog run away processes Message-ID: <20081211234211.a75f44b4.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <494195BF.8090807@enabled.com> References: <494195BF.8090807@enabled.com>
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:35:43 -0800, Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > sometimes I find there one or two processes with the command name of > 'dialog' tacking the cpu on my freebsd machines. any clues what creates > this situation and how I can circumvent the problem? It appears to > happen around the time I run portmanager to update all the system ports. > > I am running 6.2-RELEASE-p11 Idea: The dialog utility is used to create a menu driven configuration dialog for ports where options for the compilation process can be selected. Maybe such dialogs are started during the updating process controlled by portmanager? Check if some kind of "batch job" can explicitely be ordered for the portmanager update run. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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