[bf1942] 1.02 Linux Server Wierdness

[James Gurney]

> On 16/07/2005 4:56 p.m., Atomm Nihilo - Gamers Radio wrote:
> 
>> I want to make sure I understand you correctly. This is normal for a
>> single server?

Yes.

On 7/15/2005 10:08 PM, Simon Garner wrote:
> You will notice they all have the same SIZE, RSS, SHARE and %MEM. This 
> is a good indication they are threads, not processes.

Yes, they're threads. Look at the output of 'pstree'. Here's what ps 
shows on my server:

bf2_1    25902 35.1  7.5 226232 155356 pts/4 S+   Jul15  36:59 
/home/bf2_1/bf2/bin/bf2
bf2_1    25905  0.0  7.5 226232 155356 pts/4 S+   Jul15   0:00 
/home/bf2_1/bf2/bin/bf2
bf2_1    25906  0.0  7.5 226232 155356 pts/4 S+   Jul15   0:00 
/home/bf2_1/bf2/bin/bf2
bf2_1    25907  0.0  7.5 226232 155356 pts/4 S+   Jul15   0:00 
/home/bf2_1/bf2/bin/bf2
bf2_1    25908  0.5  7.5 226232 155356 pts/4 S+   Jul15   0:33 
/home/bf2_1/bf2/bin/bf2
bf2_1    25913  0.0  7.5 226232 155356 pts/4 S+   Jul15   0:00 
/home/bf2_1/bf2/bin/bf2

And here's what pstree shows:

init-+-6*[agetty]
      |-screen---runbf2---bf2---bf2---4*[bf2]

Note the "4*[bf2]" at the end. That indicates 4 additional threads (for 
a total of 6, which is what ps is showing.

This is _completely normal_ and is how the server has worked since the 
beginning of time.

> I believe someone mentioned previously that this can happen if you are 
> using certain third-party admin tools.

No, it's got nothing whatsoever to do with third party admin tools. 
You'll get this effect no matter what.

Once again, just in case: *this is completely normal* - Do not panic. Do 
not adjust your set. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 [CURRENCY].

James