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From: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
Subject: Re: "level 2 prcess"?
Message-ID: <1990Oct10.211502.7839@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
References: <9010091739.AA21881@richter.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 90 21:15:02 GMT

In article <9010091739.AA21881@richter.mit.edu> krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz) writes:
>Here's a new one ... my machine which is our "glbd" and "rgyd" master is
>accumulating prcesses which show up in the /com/dspst display as
>"level 2 process". Anyone have any idea of
>what these creatures are/do/come from?
>
>$ /bin/ps -aux
>USER       PID   SZ  RSS TTY     STAT  TIME COMMAND
>root        31    0    0 ?       T     0:00 level2
>root        32    0    0 ?       T     0:00 level2
>root        33    0    0 ?       T     0:00 level2
>root        34    0    0 ?       T     0:00 level2
>root        36    0    0 ?       T     0:00 level2
>root        37    0    0 ?       T     0:00 level2
>root        38    0    0 ?       T     0:00 level2

I wish I knew what these were too - once you get one of these beasties
though you've had it though - it's reboot time while you still can.
We only seem to get them one at a time, but they mainly appear on our
(DN10000) 'glbd' and master 'rgyd' node too.
-- 
Mike Peterson, System Administrator, U/Toronto Department of Chemistry
E-mail: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
Tel: (416) 978-7094                  Fax: (416) 978-8775