2 lpd processes; extra processes - possibly related?

[David Welton <davidw@efn.org>]

First of all, thanks to all who answered my question regarding the CD.

I am running a basically off the shelf debian installation that is about 2
weeks old, so I haven't messed with it much.  The first oddity is that,
upon close inspection of ps -aux, I note two copies of /usr/sbin/lpd
running.  Any ideas why?  I poked through the rc* stuff, but not being
real used to the layout (coming from slack 3.0), I don't notice anything
particularly obvious.

The second thing that makes me curious is the fact that there seem to be a
lot of processes going by that I am not able to follow.  What might they
be?

Following is the output of ps -aux, hit [del] now if you're not
interested;-)

    1 ?  S 0:02 init
    2 ?  SW 0:00 kflushd
    3 ?  SW< 0:00 kswapd
    9 ?  S 0:00 update (bdflush) 
  142 ?  S 0:00 /sbin/syslogd
  144 ?  S 0:00 /sbin/klogd
  151 ?  S 0:00 /sbin/kerneld
  157 ?  S 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd
  160 ?  S 0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd   <---- the dynamic duo.....
  162 ?  S 0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd
  191 ?  S 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
  206 2 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
  207 3 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
  208 4 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
  209 5 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
  210 6 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
 1030 ?  R 1:21 X :0
 1035 1 S 0:02 rxvt -geometry 80x24+55+1 -fn -adobe-courier-medium-r-norm
 2041 a3 S 0:01 pppd
 2044 a3 S 0:02 wish /usr/local/bin/arc 120
 2223 1 S 0:00 rxvt -fn -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-m-90
 2319 1 S 0:01 rxvt -fn -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-m-90
 2322 p1 S 0:00 -bash
 4103 p1 R 0:00 ps -ax
  155 ?  S 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.portmap
  205 1 S 0:01 -bash
 1028 1 S 0:00 sh /usr/bin/X11/startx
 1029 1 S 0:00 xinit /home/davidw/.xinitrc --
 1032 1 S 0:00 /bin/sh /home/davidw/.xinitrc
 1033 1 S 0:00 xclock -geometry 164x164+975+2
 1036 1 S 0:05 fvwm
 1037 p0 S 0:00 /bin/bash
 1993 p0 S 0:04 pine
 2224 p2 S 0:00 telnet efn.org
 2320  p1 S      0:00 /bin/bash                                

Well, if you've made it this far, thanks:-)  Obviously this is more for my
own knowledge than a pressing problem, so pointers to sources of relevant
information would also be appreciated.

Thanks,
David Welton   
davidw@efn.org  davidw@freenet.hut.fi  http://www.efn.org/~davidw 
Se quest'email e` in Italiano, mi dispiace per gli errori:-) FORZA PANTANI!



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