Which PID is urpmi is using?

[Kieth]

I know that I need to kill a certain PID when the urpmi is locked. The only problem is that I do not know how to tell which PID is using the urpmi. Below is what I have. Which one is being used by urpmi?

 

Thanks

 

Kieth

 

# ps -ax

Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html

PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND

1 ? S 0:03 init [5]

2 ? SWN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]

3 ? SW< 0:00 [events/0]

4 ? SW< 0:00 [kblockd/0]

5 ? SW 0:00 [kapmd]

6 ? SW 0:00 [pdflush]

7 ? SW 0:00 [pdflush]

8 ? SW 0:00 [kswapd0]

9 ? SW< 0:00 [aio/0]

11 ? SW 0:00 [kseriod]

15 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald]

153 ? S 0:01 devfsd /dev

244 ? SW 0:00 [khubd]

495 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald]

504 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald]

505 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald]

891 ? S 0:00 portmap

905 ? S 0:00 syslogd -m 0

913 ? S 0:00 klogd -2

1059 ? S 0:00 xfs -port -1 -daemon -droppriv -user xfs

1111 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/mdkkdm -nodaemon

1127 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd

1133 ? S 2:22 /etc/X11/X -deferglyphs 16 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-U

1146 ? S 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid

1157 ? S 0:00 -:0

1207 ? S 0:00 cupsd

1374 ? S 0:00 crond

1516 tty1 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1

1517 tty2 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2

1518 tty3 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3

1519 tty4 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4

1520 tty5 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5

1521 tty6 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6

1742 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startkde

1824 ? S 0:11 magicdev

1838 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gconfd-2 13

1841 ? S 0:00 kdeinit: Running...

1844 ? S 0:00 kdeinit: dcopserver --nosid

1846 ? S 0:00 kdeinit: klauncher

1849 ? S 0:01 kdeinit: kded

1850 ? S 0:00 fam

1858 ? S 0:02 /usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 1 -m artsmessage -c d

1924 ? S 0:03 kdeinit: knotify

1925 ? S 0:00 kwrapper ksmserver

1927 ? S 0:00 kdeinit: ksmserver

1928 ? S 0:18 kdeinit: kwin

1930 ? S 0:08 kdeinit: kdesktop

1934 ? S 0:22 kdeinit: kicker

1935 ? S 0:00 kdeinit: kio_file file /tmp/ksocket-kieth/klauncherrd

1941 ? S 0:07 kdeinit: klipper

1942 ? S 0:02 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/mdkapplet

1951 ? D 0:02 kdeinit: konsole

1952 pts0 S 0:00 /bin/bash

2462 ? S 0:04 kdesu --ignorebutton -c /usr/sbin/drakconf.real

2466 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesud

2505 pts2 S 0:00 /bin/su root -l -c /usr/bin/kdesu_stub

2508 pts2 S 0:00 /usr/bin/kdesu_stub

2541 ? S 0:22 /usr/bin/perl /usr/sbin/drakconf.real

2962 ? S 0:08 wish /usr/bin/tkpppoe

2966 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/adsl-connect /etc/ppp/rp-pppoe-gui/

2980 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd pty /usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/adsl-A

2981 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/adsl-Alice.pid.pppoe -I e

3190 ? S 0:37 /usr/bin/perl /usr/sbin/rpmdrake --embedded 35659826

3224 pts0 S 0:00 su

3227 pts0 S 0:00 bash

3263 pts0 R 0:00 ps -ax

[chris z]

next time run..........

 

ps -aux

 

it will give you more info. urpmi processes will say urpmi in the process line. there will also be a process or 2 pertaining to "curl" that you will need to kill. the ps -ax command isn't sufficient enough to show urpmi running, so it isn't in the list you posted.

 

if it should still remain locked after killing the processes, then a reboot will unlock it.

 

Chris

Edited May 31, 2004 by chris z

[spinynorman]

If you're using MCC, the answer is presumably rpmdrake as that is the frontend for urpmi. :unsure:

[Kieth]

Thanks

 

Kieth

[ramfree17]

lock as in hanged or as in you are getting an error message that it is locked?

 

if its the latter then you would have been supplied the name of the lock (i think it was in /var) which you can safely rename/remove. i am just guessing here because that behavior usually crops up when rpmdrake/urpmi was not given enough time to release those lock in previous mandrake versions.

 

ciao!