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may i know what is the status of this? dont want to be so nosey but its really irritating to have a /bin/cat running on your mandrake+kde system ... and not see the same process on other distros like rh or slackware. --- Dianne Marie Montesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi civileme /listers, > > i have 8.1 installed on my system now and kde 2.2 > too > > [root@rayearth conf]# rpm -qa|grep kde > kdelibs-sound-2.2.1-5mdk > kdegraphics-2.2.1-2mdk > kdemultimedia-devel-2.2.1-2mdk > kdesdk-2.2.1-1mdk > kdev_htdig-1.1-2mdk > kdelibs-2.2.1-5mdk > kdemultimedia-2.2.1-2mdk > kdenetwork-devel-2.2.1-2mdk > kdepim-2.2.1-1mdk > kdebase-2.2.1-7mdk > kdenetwork-2.2.1-2mdk > kdetoys-2.2.1-1mdk > kdelibs-devel-2.2.1-5mdk > kdevelop-2.0.1-1mdk > kdeadmin-2.2.1-2mdk > kdeutils-2.2.1-2mdk > > but i still have that /bin/cat process :-( > > [root@dm conf]# ps ax|grep cat > 2584 pts/0 S 0:00 /bin/cat > 15642 ? S 2:44 > /usr/lib/netscape/netscape-communicator > -session-mana > 16397 pts/8 D 0:00 grep cat > [root@dm conf]# > > care to update us on this? did the "temporary > measure" > become "permanent"? i still dont see it on other > distros (rh and slackware to be exact). > > cheers, > dianne > > > --- civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], DM > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [expert] /bin/cat initiated by > kwrited > > in KDE > > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:37:43 -0400 > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > It is KDE 2.1.1 and I am not sure whether kwrited > or > > kdeinit starts it but it is visible when > > one does a w on a terminal from kde (not from > other > > window managers). > > > > It was apparently an error monitor transmission to > > xsession-errors and a temporary measure by one > > of our KDE team without telling the others because > > the team leader is unaware of what it is for. I > > think it > > may have been a dodge to get Mandrake Control > Center > > to open without crashing and without using > > a Terminal (another legacy from the broken > default > > theme from Nautilus/Eazel since our MCC was using > > GTK+ widgets). > > > > It does not appear on kde 2.2. > > > > Civileme > > > > > > > > On Thursday 16 August 2001 11:24, DM wrote: > > > hi mike, > > > > > > thanks for checking what it is concatenating ... > i > > > dont see that /bin/cat on other KDE > installations > > of > > > other distros that is why im asking Civilme > > (mandrake) > > > if it was a bug or not. if not, what is it for? > > > > > > dianne > > > > > > --- mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am not civilme, and I haven't put alot of > > effort > > > > into the investigation, > > > > but this does not appear to be "not doing > > anything". > > > > If I had to guess I > > > > would say it is monitoring something, it has > > stdout > > > > and stderr pointing to > > > > .xsession-errors, and has a bunch of pipes > open. > > > > Has anybody considered > > > > porting truss to linux ;-) > > > > > > > > mg > > > > > > > > On Thursday 16 August 2001 07:24, DM wrote: > > > > > follow up again =( > > > > > > > > > > civilme? any comments on this? its not > eating > > up > > > > > resources or anything but its quite > annoying > > and > > > > > confusing to see that there is /bin/cat > > running > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > its not doing anything ... you dont know > what > > it > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > concatenating? just a simple 'yes, its a > bug > > and > > > > > > > > MDK > > > > > > > > > is working on it' will suffice. however, if > > you > > > > > > > > can > > > > > > > > > provide a fix, it will be better. > > > > > > > > > > dianne > > > > > > > > > > --- "J. C. Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > DM wrote: > > > > > > > following up on this ... can anybody > from > > > > > > > > > > > > MandrakeSoft > > > > > > > > > > > > > answer what this /bin/cat is for? why is > > it > > > > > > > > > > > > initiated > > > > > > > > > > > > > by kwrited ? is this a bug? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- DM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Here! Here! Good question. Any thoughts, > > > > > > > > Mandrake? > > > > > > > > > > drjung > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/
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