Anna ([info]annabananaface) wrote,
@ 2008-06-09 09:17:00
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Current mood: annoyed

My computer is having issues. In particular my laptop (12 inch powerbook), is making really loud fan noises. Of course, I can't get it to reproduce these noises for the Apple people who hand out warranty stuff, since I have to use it (while running Firefox) for a good long while to make the noises. The solution they give is to use Safari. I don't use Safari cause something (don't remember what) wouldn't work there a few years ago. Any suggestions?

Also, some process called "yes" seems to have been taking up all of my clock cycles. Does anyone know what this is or why I would need it?




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[info]agnoster
2008-06-09 04:36 pm UTC (link)
Interesting... "yes" is a UNIX utility that just repeats a given string (default: "y") over and over again. (Useful for an automated install process that keeps asking you for confirmation.) So if that's running, I could see how it chews up you CPU. The question is, *why* is it running? By inspecting the parent id you could determine which program started it...

Also, most things that didn't work right in Safari a while ago (though by no means all) work. I use Safari as my default browser, and Firefox when I'm debugging.

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