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Thread: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

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    Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    Hi all,

    I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS just freshly installed. I found out that I had plenty of duplicate processes. Usually they are repeated 5 times. I attached a print screen (see attachement) in order to illustrate the problem but also the result of ps aux command.

    I would like to avoid to re-install everything so if anybody have a suggestion, I would really appreciate.

    Code:
    root         1  0.1  0.0  24428  2400 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /sbin/init
    root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [kthreadd]
    root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
    root         4  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [kworker/0:0]
    root         6  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [migration/0]
    root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [watchdog/0]
    root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [migration/1]
    root         9  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        R    10:49   0:00 [kworker/1:0]
    root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
    root        11  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [kworker/0:1]
    root        12  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [watchdog/1]
    root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [cpuset]
    root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [khelper]
    root        15  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [kdevtmpfs]
    root        16  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [netns]
    root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [sync_supers]
    root        19  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [bdi-default]
    root        20  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [kintegrityd]
    root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [kblockd]
    root        22  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [ata_sff]
    root        23  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [khubd]
    root        24  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [md]
    root        25  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [kworker/1:1]
    root        26  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [khungtaskd]
    root        27  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [kswapd0]
    root        28  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   10:49   0:00 [ksmd]
    root        29  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   10:49   0:00 [khugepaged]
    root        30  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
    root        31  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [ecryptfs-kthr]
    root        32  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [crypto]
    root        40  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [kthrotld]
    root        41  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
    root        42  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
    root        44  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
    root        45  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
    root        46  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [kworker/u:3]
    root        47  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [kworker/u:4]
    root        67  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [devfreq_wq]
    root       176  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
    root       197  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [scsi_eh_5]
    root       238  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [jbd2/sda1-8]
    root       239  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [ext4-dio-unwr]
    root       245  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [firewire]
    root       324  0.0  0.0  17364   640 ?        S    10:49   0:00 upstart-udev-br
    root       327  0.0  0.0  21984  1820 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /sbin/udevd --d
    root       553  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [hci0]
    root       568  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [cfg80211]
    root       644  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [kpsmoused]
    root       727  0.0  0.0  15188   396 ?        S    10:49   0:00 upstart-socket-
    root       741  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [hd-audio0]
    103        782  0.2  0.1  27544  4160 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 dbus-daemon --s
    root       804  0.0  0.0  79044  3168 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/modem
    root       805  0.0  0.0  21316  2096 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/bluet
    root       814  0.0  0.1 233584  5540 ?        Ssl  10:49   0:00 NetworkManager
    root       818  0.1  0.1 195620  4216 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/policy
    syslog     823  0.0  0.0 249472  1432 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 rsyslogd -c5
    avahi      825  0.0  0.0  32300  1708 ?        S    10:49   0:00 avahi-daemon: r
    avahi      827  0.0  0.0  32180   472 ?        S    10:49   0:00 avahi-daemon: c
    root       828  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [krfcommd]
    root       896  0.0  0.1 104244  4204 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd
    lp         926  0.0  0.0  52144  1700 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/cups/n
    lp         927  0.0  0.0  52144  1700 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/cups/n
    lp         928  0.0  0.0  52144  1700 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/cups/n
    lp         929  0.0  0.0  52144  1700 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/cups/n
    lp         930  0.0  0.0  52144  1696 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/cups/n
    root       934  0.0  0.0  31708  2332 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /sbin/wpa_suppl
    root       935  0.0  0.0   7264  1540 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /sbin/dhclient
    root       977  0.0  0.0  15796   972 tty4     Ss+  10:49   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root       981  0.0  0.0  15796   972 tty5     Ss+  10:49   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root       995  0.0  0.0  15796   972 tty2     Ss+  10:49   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root       999  0.0  0.0  15796   964 tty3     Ss+  10:49   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root      1003  0.0  0.0  15796   980 tty6     Ss+  10:49   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root      1025  0.0  0.0  23352  1380 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/vsftp
    whoopsie  1028  0.0  0.1 204396  5248 ?        Ssl  10:49   0:00 whoopsie
    root      1030  0.0  0.0   4460   816 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 acpid -c /etc/a
    root      1032  0.0  0.0 103652  2728 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi
    root      1036  0.0  0.0  15980   680 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/irqba
    root      1044  0.0  0.0  19112  1008 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 cron
    daemon    1045  0.0  0.0  16908   376 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 atd
    root      1047  0.0  0.0 270664  3488 ?        Ssl  10:49   0:00 lightdm
    root      1092  8.6  2.1 977468 87604 tty7     Ss+  10:49   0:29 /usr/bin/X :0 -
    root      1124  0.0  0.0 103652  1768 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/winbi
    root      1248  0.0  0.0  15796   972 tty1     Ss+  10:49   0:00 /sbin/getty -8
    root      1327  0.0  0.0 121532  3744 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/accoun
    root      1344  0.0  0.0 1043060 3824 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/conso
    root      1463  0.0  0.1 219876  4288 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/upower
    colord    1612  0.0  0.2 491748 11720 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/x86_64
    root      1626  0.0  0.0 163220  3684 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 lightdm --sessi
    root      1642  0.0  0.0   7264  1548 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /sbin/dhclient
    root      1663  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:49   0:00 [flush-8:0]
    rtkit     1667  0.0  0.0 168872  1316 ?        SNl  10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/
    nobody    1682  0.0  0.0  28832  1292 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsma
    root      1727  0.1  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [khidpd_05ac03]
    root      1730  0.0  0.0  21980  1408 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /sbin/udevd --d
    root      1732  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   10:49   0:00 [khidpd_05ac02]
    root      1735  0.0  0.0  21980  1304 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /sbin/udevd --d
    lemaitre  1769  0.0  0.0 371720  3768 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-
    lemaitre  1780  0.0  0.2 391156 10436 ?        Ssl  10:49   0:00 gnome-session -
    lemaitre  1817  0.0  0.0  12492   316 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-ag
    lemaitre  1820  0.0  0.0  26556   788 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l
    lemaitre  1821  0.2  0.0  26556  2384 ?        Ss   10:49   0:00 //bin/dbus-daem
    lemaitre  1825  0.0  0.0  48192  2456 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  1827  0.0  0.0 273444  2824 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//
    lemaitre  1842  0.1  0.9 936972 38068 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    lemaitre  1852  0.0  0.1 365432  4676 ?        Sl   10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    lemaitre  1856  1.7  0.9 319288 38980 ?        Sl   10:49   0:05 compiz
    lemaitre  1859  0.1  0.1  54572  4436 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/x86_64
    lemaitre  1867  0.0  0.1  45636  5344 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  1871  0.0  0.1 362976  5968 ?        S<l  10:49   0:00 /usr/bin/pulsea
    lemaitre  1874  0.0  0.0  95956  2976 ?        S    10:49   0:00 /usr/lib/pulsea
    lemaitre  1882  0.0  0.4 645828 17128 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 nm-applet
    lemaitre  1883  0.2  0.9 851660 39488 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 nautilus -n
    lemaitre  1884  0.0  0.2 303416  8572 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/policy
    lemaitre  1887  0.0  0.3 495772 12532 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 bluetooth-apple
    lemaitre  1894  0.0  0.2 450944  8824 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    lemaitre  1896  0.0  0.0  12316  1392 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /bin/bash /usr/
    lemaitre  1898  0.6  1.6 945516 68108 ?        Sl   10:50   0:01 cairo-dock
    lemaitre  1899  4.0  4.9 776504 198956 ?       Sl   10:50   0:12 ./insync
    lemaitre  1901  0.0  0.0  54036  3444 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/vncser
    lemaitre  1903  0.6  0.2 479156 11676 ?        Sl   10:50   0:01 indicator-multi
    root      1904  0.0  0.0  16312   368 ?        S    10:50   0:00 vncserver-x11 -
    lemaitre  1908  0.1  0.7 551608 30596 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 guake -OO /usr/
    lemaitre  1913  0.0  0.1 120872  7396 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/vncser
    lemaitre  1916  0.0  0.2 479580 10768 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/vncser
    lemaitre  1941  0.0  0.0  66112  3664 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  1942  0.5  0.5  56340 23080 ?        S    10:50   0:01 /usr/bin/Xvnc-c
    root      1943  0.0  0.0  16312   356 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/Xvnc :
    root      1945  0.0  0.0 193372  3856 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/udisks
    root      1947  0.0  0.0  45520   808 ?        S    10:50   0:00 udisks-daemon: 
    lemaitre  1948  0.0  0.1 120376  6944 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/vncser
    lemaitre  1988  0.0  0.2 470768 10236 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/vncser
    lemaitre  1993  0.0  0.0  26556   536 ?        S    10:50   0:00 dbus-launch --a
    lemaitre  1994  0.0  0.0  23816   692 ?        Ss   10:50   0:00 //bin/dbus-daem
    lemaitre  1996  0.0  0.0  56148  2492 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2003  0.0  0.0 137888  2512 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2033  0.0  0.2  80492 10268 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/python
    lemaitre  2037  0.0  0.0  52688  3228 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2044  0.0  0.0  48352  2616 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2049  0.0  0.0  54808  3232 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2050  0.0  0.0   4400   608 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /bin/sh /etc/vn
    lemaitre  2060  0.0  0.2 391192 10360 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-
    lemaitre  2086  0.0  0.0  26556   536 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l
    lemaitre  2087  0.3  0.0  27388  3100 ?        Ss   10:50   0:01 //bin/dbus-daem
    lemaitre  2091  0.0  0.0  48192  2452 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2099  0.0  0.0 371712  3500 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-
    lemaitre  2105  0.1  0.6 711948 27076 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    lemaitre  2112  0.0  0.3 413108 12548 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 metacity
    lemaitre  2116  0.0  0.0  53948  3804 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/x86_64
    lemaitre  2118  0.2  0.9 631484 37264 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 unity-2d-panel
    lemaitre  2119  0.4  1.9 1261844 77804 ?       Sl   10:50   0:01 unity-2d-shell
    lemaitre  2122  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    10:50   0:00 [pyt] <defunct>
    lemaitre  2123  0.0  0.1  23276  4468 pts/1    Ss+  10:50   0:00 /bin/bash
    lemaitre  2146  0.0  0.3 411544 13540 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/notify
    lemaitre  2155  0.0  0.0 262088  2756 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/dconf/
    lemaitre  2159  0.0  0.0   4400   612 ?        Ss   10:50   0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr
    lemaitre  2160  0.0  0.3 314800 12436 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/gtk-wi
    lemaitre  2206  0.0  0.2 305888  9136 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-
    lemaitre  2216  0.0  0.4 711404 16952 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 nm-applet
    lemaitre  2218  0.2  0.9 1064852 39652 ?       Sl   10:50   0:00 nautilus -n
    lemaitre  2221  0.0  0.2 450804  8760 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    lemaitre  2225  0.0  0.3 503960 12444 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 bluetooth-apple
    lemaitre  2231  0.2  0.9 921296 38528 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 cairo-dock
    lemaitre  2234  0.5  0.2 479116 11580 ?        Sl   10:50   0:01 indicator-multi
    lemaitre  2240  0.0  0.6 536224 26904 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 guake -OO /usr/
    lemaitre  2265  0.1  0.2 481224 10816 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/bamf/b
    lemaitre  2278  0.0  0.0  66120  3664 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2282  0.0  0.0  56148  2496 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2284  0.0  0.0 137888  2512 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2320  0.0  0.0  52688  3232 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2322  0.0  0.0  48352  2612 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2328  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    10:50   0:00 [pyt] <defunct>
    lemaitre  2329  0.0  0.1  23272  4396 pts/2    Ss+  10:50   0:00 /bin/bash
    lemaitre  2344  0.0  0.3 411528 13460 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/notify
    lemaitre  2387  0.0  0.2 305868  8828 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-
    lemaitre  2395  0.0  0.0  54808  3232 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2396  0.3  0.5  54984 21660 ?        S    10:50   0:01 /usr/bin/Xvnc-c
    root      2397  0.0  0.0  16312   360 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/Xvnc :
    lemaitre  2399  0.0  0.1 120376  6944 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/vncser
    lemaitre  2433  0.0  0.2 470772 10392 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/vncser
    lemaitre  2440  0.0  0.0  26556   532 ?        S    10:50   0:00 dbus-launch --a
    lemaitre  2441  0.0  0.0  23816   688 ?        Ss   10:50   0:00 //bin/dbus-daem
    lemaitre  2445  0.0  0.0   4400   616 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /bin/sh /etc/vn
    lemaitre  2450  0.0  0.2 391192 10368 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-
    lemaitre  2479  0.0  0.0  26556   532 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l
    lemaitre  2480  0.3  0.0  27404  3060 ?        Ss   10:50   0:01 //bin/dbus-daem
    lemaitre  2484  0.0  0.0  48192  2456 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
    lemaitre  2492  0.0  0.0 371712  3500 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-
    lemaitre  2495  0.1  0.4 777964 19188 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    lemaitre  2506  0.0  0.2 327556  9248 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    lemaitre  2509  0.0  0.3 413100 12536 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 metacity
    lemaitre  2511  0.0  0.0  53944  3836 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/x86_64
    lemaitre  2515  0.9  0.4 592724 19468 ?        Sl   10:50   0:02 /usr/lib/unity/
    lemaitre  2519  0.2  0.9 631180 36944 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 unity-2d-panel
    lemaitre  2520  0.5  1.9 1065240 77732 ?       Sl   10:50   0:01 unity-2d-shell
    lemaitre  2540  0.0  0.4 637672 16944 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 nm-applet
    lemaitre  2542  0.2  0.9 851828 39700 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 nautilus -n
    lemaitre  2547  0.1  0.2 481232 10860 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/bamf/b
    lemaitre  2552  0.0  0.2 450936  8916 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-
    lemaitre  2554  0.0  0.3 495772 12612 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 bluetooth-apple
    lemaitre  2556  0.0  0.0 262088  2732 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/dconf/
    lemaitre  2563  0.2  0.9 921224 38360 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 cairo-dock
    lemaitre  2566  0.5  0.2 386220 10304 ?        Sl   10:50   0:01 indicator-multi
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    lemaitre  2769  0.3  0.0  27408  3052 ?        Ss   10:50   0:01 //bin/dbus-daem
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    lemaitre  2961  0.0  0.0  48352  2612 ?        S    10:50   0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g
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    lemaitre  3060  0.0  0.2 425324 11056 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 telepathy-indic
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    lemaitre  3542  0.0  0.1 417576  5780 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 zeitgeist-datah
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    lemaitre  3714  0.0  0.4 541120 17584 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/python
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    lemaitre  3729  0.0  0.3 510592 16104 ?        Sl   10:50   0:00 /usr/bin/python
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    lemaitre  5957  0.0  0.3 403468 13300 ?        Sl   10:51   0:00 update-notifier
    lemaitre  5964  1.7  1.5 920716 61776 ?        Sl   10:51   0:03 /opt/google/chr
    lemaitre  5998  0.0  0.0 289488  4012 ?        Sl   10:52   0:00 /usr/lib/deja-d
    lemaitre  6003  0.0  0.0 289516  3892 ?        Sl   10:52   0:00 /usr/lib/deja-d
    lemaitre  6008  0.0  0.0 289488  4004 ?        Sl   10:52   0:00 /usr/lib/deja-d
    lemaitre  6013  0.0  0.0 289516  3892 ?        Sl   10:52   0:00 /usr/lib/deja-d
    lemaitre  6025  0.0  0.0 289516  3896 ?        Sl   10:52   0:00 /usr/lib/deja-d
    root      6053  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:54   0:00 [kworker/0:2]
    root      6061  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    10:54   0:00 [kworker/u:0]
    lemaitre  6071  0.0  0.0   4400   616 ?        Ss   10:55   0:00 /bin/sh -c gnom
    lemaitre  6072  4.6  0.4 576956 16936 ?        Sl   10:55   0:00 gnome-terminal
    lemaitre  6076  0.0  0.0  14788   828 ?        S    10:55   0:00 gnome-pty-helpe
    lemaitre  6077  4.0  0.1  23280  4460 pts/8    Ss   10:55   0:00 bash
    lemaitre  6130  0.0  0.0  18172  1264 pts/8    R+   10:55   0:00 ps aux
    Thanks in advance,

    Best regards,
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    Re: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    What's your point, and why would you need to reinstall everything?

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    Re: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    Quote Originally Posted by mikewhatever View Post
    What's your point, and why would you need to reinstall everything?
    My point is that I would like to avoid these duplicate processes in order to be less memory consuming.

    By reinstalling, I am pretty sure to not have the same problem. I think that I did something wrong which implying this malfunctioning.

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    Re: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    I'm not familiar with most processes in your list. But it can be quite normal to see duplicates. Just depends on the application / daemon.
    If you don't make backups of your important data, your data is obviously not important to you.

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    Re: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    I don't see anything out of the ordinary with your list of processes. What exactly could you have done wrong? Most of the "duplicates" are kernel jobs, stopping which will likely cause problems.

    ...here's the list of mine:
    Code:
    ~$ ps aux
    USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
    root         1  0.0  0.0   3540  1988 ?        Ss   08:21   0:00 /sbin/init
    root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [kthreadd]
    root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
    root         6  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [migration/0]
    root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [watchdog/0]
    root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [migration/1]
    root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
    root        12  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [watchdog/1]
    root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:21   0:00 [cpuset]
    root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:21   0:00 [khelper]
    root        15  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [kdevtmpfs]
    root        16  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:21   0:00 [netns]
    root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [sync_supers]
    root        19  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [bdi-default]
    root        20  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:21   0:00 [kintegrityd]
    root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:21   0:00 [kblockd]
    root        22  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:21   0:00 [ata_sff]
    root        23  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [khubd]
    root        24  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:21   0:00 [md]
    root        25  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        R    08:21   0:08 [kworker/1:1]
    root        26  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [khungtaskd]
    root        27  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [kswapd0]
    root        28  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   08:21   0:00 [ksmd]
    root        29  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        SN   08:21   0:00 [khugepaged]
    root        30  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
    root        31  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [ecryptfs-kthrea]
    root        32  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:21   0:00 [crypto]
    root        40  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   08:21   0:00 [kthrotld]
    root        43  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
    root        44  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
    root        45  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
    root        46  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
    root        49  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
    root        50  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    08:21   0:00 [scsi_eh_5]

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    Re: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    Quote Originally Posted by Wim Sturkenboom View Post
    I'm not familiar with most processes in your list. But it can be quite normal to see duplicates. Just depends on the application / daemon.
    After checking a bit more about the different processes, it seems that when I am logging in, several gnome-session are loading too which have as consequence to load 5 times all the processes. However, I still don't have any clue why the session is loaded 5 times instead of one.
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    Re: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    I too see nothing wrong with the output of ps aux.
    This is what a normally configured installation does. The same sort of things happen in Windows.

    We could fill this thread with screenshots that will all show basically the same things.

    Unless your computer has genuine memory issues there is not much to be done in this case.

    How much RAM is installed?

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    Re: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    Quote Originally Posted by westie457 View Post
    I too see nothing wrong with the output of ps aux.
    This is what a normally configured installation does. The same sort of things happen in Windows.

    We could fill this thread with screenshots that will all show basically the same things.

    Unless your computer has genuine memory issues there is not much to be done in this case.

    How much RAM is installed?
    Uhm after watching the result of ps aux, it seems that the process shown are only from the current session which is explaining why you cannot see duplicate processes.

    However it is possible to see it using the system manager.
    I attached two print screen. The first one is after that I logged in. You can see 5 gnome-session processes which imply that all system processes have been loaded 5 times too -> 1.8 GB RAM.

    By killing only 4 of these gnome-session (print screen 2) which are not the one that I am actually using only 800 Mb of RAM.

    So I am trying to know why 5 gnome-session are loaded. I tried to see some information about that inside the log file of LightDM but I am still in a blur.

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    Re: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    Can you reboot, and then post the output of
    Code:
    free -m
    then, expand a terminal window full-screen, and post the outpu of
    Code:
    ps aux | grep gnome-session

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    Re: Duplicate processes in Ubuntu 12.04

    Hey,

    After the different command, please find the output (in attachment also):

    Code:
    lemaitre@lemaitre-UdG:~$ ps aux | grep gnome-session
    lemaitre  1746  0.1  0.2 391064 10344 ?        Ssl  14:14   0:00 gnome-session --session=ubuntu
    lemaitre  1783  0.0  0.0  12492   320 ?        Ss   14:14   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session --session=ubuntu
    lemaitre  1786  0.0  0.0  26556   784 ?        S    14:14   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session --session=ubuntu
    lemaitre  1966  0.1  0.2 391084 10308 ?        Sl   14:14   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  2003  0.0  0.0  26556   536 ?        S    14:14   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  2284  0.1  0.2 391040 10252 ?        Sl   14:15   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  2312  0.0  0.0  26556   532 ?        S    14:15   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  2602  0.1  0.2 391052 10320 ?        Sl   14:15   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  2641  0.0  0.0  26556   536 ?        S    14:15   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  3024  0.1  0.2 391044 10312 ?        Sl   14:15   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  3057  0.0  0.0  26556   536 ?        S    14:15   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  3323  0.1  0.2 391040 10272 ?        Sl   14:15   0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  3354  0.0  0.0  26556   532 ?        S    14:15   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d
    lemaitre  6303  0.0  0.0   9400   924 pts/8    S+   14:16   0:00 grep --color=auto gnome-session
    lemaitre@lemaitre-UdG:~$
    Best,
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