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[Basil Chupin]

On 22/08/2010 04:22, GaryT wrote:
> Good one! Colin, thanks.
> Hadn't realised that question would arise.
>
> A: I watch it very closely  ;-)
>
> Yes, either it's a 'plant' or an existing Ubuntu program modified, and
> it runs immediately I start Ubuntu and log onto the Internet.  I'm new
> to this Linux system, having used Windows for 20+ years, and while it's
> good, there aren't (or don't seem to be) the monitoring tools available
> that one needs. The learning process is slow.
>
> I was hoping that someone with serious Linux programing experience might
> be able to offer some suggestions.
>
> GT
>    
>
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You have 2 ways of finding out what is running on your system - by 
looking you may see the item which is causing you the problem:

look at System>Administration>System Monitor (equivalent to Windows 
(?)Program Manager)

or

you can go to a terminal and type "ps aux" (without the quotes) and you 
will all the running PIDs and who they belong to (Shift-PageUp/Pagedown 
to display everything on the screen).



Re the Startup Programs, mentioned in the earlier post, as the name 
implies these are applications which are automatically started when you 
login. Have a look at the HELP there which explains what Startup is all 
about.

BC

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