Xdec process

From: Padiyath Sreekumaran <Kumar.Padiyath_at_psi.ch>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:54:07 +0200

  Hello,
   The OS Tru64 V5.1A
   Machine Type: Alphaserver DS20E 833MHz

   To-day I got the following output with top command:
   
   load averages: 1.02, 1.01, 1.01

      14:28:10
317 processes: 2 running, 7 waiting, 20 sleeping, 288 idle
CPU states: 23.7% user, 0.0% nice, 27.2% system, 49.0% idle
Memory: Real: 417M/4003M act/tot Virtual: 12288M use/tot Free: 3350M

  PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME CPU COMMAND
 5356 root 51 -2 12M 6897K run 129.6H 99.90% Xdec <-------------
25785 root 44 0 9640K 6144K run 0:00 0.60% top

   The Xdec was taking 99.9% of CPU. There was 256 user process
   were running as given below. The user could not login afterwards.

  Output from pstree command:
  ======================

| |--- 25796 root grep mari
     2 | \-+- 05726 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtsession /usr/dt/bin/dtsession
     3 | |--- 05764 marinuccidtwm dtwm
     4 | |-+- 05766 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtterm -session dtaabxIa -ls
/usr/dt/bin
     5 | | \-+- 05767 marinucci-tcsh (tcsh) -tcsh (tcsh)
     6 | | \--- 17657 marinuccitelwho markush telwho markush
     7 | |-+- 20909 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid
1.11F5WU 01 575
     8 | | \--- 20910 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
     9 | |-+- 20911 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid
1.11F5WU 01 575
    10 | | \--- 20912 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
       
|-+- 20913 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01 575
 | | \--- 20914 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20915 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20916 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20922 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20923 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20924 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20925 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20926 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20927 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20928 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20929 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20930 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20931 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20937 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20938 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20939 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20940 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20941 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20942 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20943 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20944 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20945 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20946 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20960 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20961 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20962 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20963 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20964 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20965 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20966 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20967 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20968 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20969 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr
 | |-+- 20975 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtexec -open 0 -ttprocid 1.11F5WU 01
575
 | | \--- 20976 marinucci/usr/dt/bin/dtscreen -mode blank
/usr/dt/bin/dtscr

      I would like to know under what circumstances one get so many process?
He had 3 sessions as given below. 2 from the console and one from a Mac.
When I deleted the Xdec process, he lost all his sessions.

root_at_psw323:/>w
14:29 up 14 days, 4:17, 5 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00
User tty from login_at_ idle JCPU PCPU what
marinucc console 14:29 14days
/usr/sbin/getty console console
marinucc :0 14:29 -
marinucc pts/1 :0.0 14:29 7days telwho
markush
root pts/2 pc4289.psi.ch 14:04 24 2 -ksh
root pts/3 psw322.psi.ch 14:17 25 w


   Any help is very much appreciated.

 Regards,
 Kumar
Received on Mon Sep 20 2004 - 12:56:02 NZST

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