[gnome-user-docs] sys-admin: Updated processes.page
- From: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-user-docs] sys-admin: Updated processes.page
- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:27:15 +0000 (UTC)
commit f6db9fb77b2227c0bc64defb6d6dd45e6c3244d6
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Thu Apr 25 22:40:15 2013 +0530
sys-admin: Updated processes.page
Added information about each process. Also added links to the
man pages.
system-admin-guide/C/processes.page | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/system-admin-guide/C/processes.page b/system-admin-guide/C/processes.page
index caaac39..400c1ff 100644
--- a/system-admin-guide/C/processes.page
+++ b/system-admin-guide/C/processes.page
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
<email>matthias clasen gmail com</email>
<years>2012</years>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Sindhu S</name>
+ <email>sindhus live in</email>
+ </credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>aruna evam gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<desc>Which processes should I expect to see running in a pristine, stock
GNOME session?</desc>
@@ -19,16 +27,68 @@
<title>Typical processes</title>
- <p>In a pristine, stock GNOME session, the following processes should be
- running:</p>
- <list>
- <item><p>dbus-daemon</p></item>
- <item><p>gnome-keyring-daemon</p></item>
- <item><p>gnome-session</p></item>
- <item><p>gnome-settings-daemon</p></item>
- <item><p>gnome-shell</p></item>
- <item><p>pulseaudio</p></item>
- </list>
+
+ <p>In a stock <app>GNOME</app> session, programs called
+ <link href="man:daemon"><app>daemon</app></link> run on the system as
+ background processes. You should find the following daemons running by
+ default:</p>
+
+ <terms>
+ <item>
+ <title>dbus-daemon</title>
+ <p>D-Bus is a library that provides one-to-one communication between any
+ two applications. The <app>dbus-daemon</app> is a program that uses the
+ D-Bus library to implement a message bus daemon. Multiple programs can
+ connect to the message bus daemon and exchange messages with one
+ another.</p>
+ <p>For extended information, consider reading the manual page for
+ <link href="man:dbus-daemon">dbus-daemon</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>gnome-keyring-daemon</title>
+ <p>Credentials such as username and password for various programs and
+ websites are stored securely using the <app>gnome-keyring-daemon</app>.
+ This information is written into an encrypted file called the keyring
+ file and saved in the user's home directory.</p>
+ <p>For extended information, consider reading the manual page for
+ <link href="man:gnome-keyring-daemon">gnome-keyring-daemon</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>gnome-session</title>
+ <p>The <app>gnome-session</app> program is responsible for running the
+ GNOME desktop environment with help of a display manager such as
+ <app>GDM</app>, <app>LightDM</app>, <app>NODM</app> and so on. The
+ default session for the user is set at the time of system installation
+ by the system administrator. <app>gnome-session</app> typically loads
+ the last session that ran successfully on the system.</p>
+ <p>For extended information consider reading the manual page for
+ <link href="man:gnome-session">gnome-session</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>gnome-settings-daemon</title>
+ <p>The <app>gnome-settings-daemon</app> handles settings for a
+ GNOME session and for all programs that are run within the
+ session.</p>
+ <p>For extended information, consider reading the manual page for
+ <link href="man:gnome-settings-daemon">gnome-settings-daemon</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>gnome-shell</title>
+ <p><app>gnome-shell</app> provides the core user interface functionality
+ for GNOME such as launching programs, browsing directories,
+ viewing files and so on.</p>
+ <p>For extended information, consider reading the
+ manual page for <link href="man:gnome-shell">gnome-shell</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>pulseaudio</title>
+ <p><app>PulseAudio</app> is a sound server for Linux, POSIX and Windows
+ systems that lets programs output audio via the <app>Pulseaudio</app>
+ daemon.</p>
+ <p>For extended information, consider reading the manual page for
+ <link href="man:pulseaudio">pulseaudio</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </terms>
<p>Depending on the user's setup, you may also see some of the
following, among others:</p>
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