From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 14:30:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1B8810656D9 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:30:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (saltmine.radix.net [207.192.128.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 807C68FC12 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:30:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id mBCECYYb011718; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:12:34 -0500 (EST) Received: (from dickey@localhost) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id mBCECY3w011717; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:12:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:12:34 -0500 From: Thomas Dickey To: Noah Message-ID: <20081212141234.GA10421@saltmine.radix.net> References: <494195BF.8090807@enabled.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <494195BF.8090807@enabled.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: dialog run away processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:30:25 -0000 --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 02:35:43PM -0800, Noah wrote: > Hi there, >=20 > sometimes I find there one or two processes with the command name of=20 > 'dialog' tacking the cpu on my freebsd machines. any clues what creates= =20 > this situation and how I can circumvent the problem? It appears to=20 > happen around the time I run portmanager to update all the system ports. dialog is interactive. Sometimes it's possible to start dialog (or other interactive process) and disconnect the terminal input. Then (depending on how errors are handled), it tries repeatedly to read input. (that's addressed in the version of dialog which I maintain, but FreeBSD has, iirc, a variant from long ago which isn't strictly compatible). http://invisible-island.net/dialog/ --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFJQnFLtIqByHxlDocRAoMQAJ9u6SOUad5SQM/Jy6/sL9llJtgqLgCgj059 KbOW5uIBKVFQPOAmyQeV8VE= =8IMd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--