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# 15  
Old 09-12-2011
Big Brother is notorious for starting a lot of stuff off in the shadows.....

In your case you might want to review the bb configuration. It is a very useful tool.
# 16  
Old 09-13-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by bartus11
Try this:
1. kill midaemon (or stop it with stop script)
2. run this code
Code:
dtrace -wn 'syscall:::entry/execname=="midaemon"/{system ("ptree %d", ppid);exit(0)}'

3. wait for midaemon to get respawned. DTrace should then show who started this process.
Thanks Bartus. You really did a great help (and learning too :-) )
I reinstalled glance and then it started working fine

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment edit by bakunin: thanks for posting a follow-up. I changed the title to reflect the problems status.

Last edited by bakunin; 09-15-2011 at 09:16 AM..
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