Hi, On my embedded target system ps shows: # ps PID USER VSZ STAT COMMAND 1 root 792 S init 2 root 0 SW< [kthreadd] 3 root 0 SW< [ksoftirqd/0] 4 root 0 SW< [events/0] 5 root 0 SW< [khelper] 27 root 0 SW< [kblockd/0] 45 root 0 SW [pdflush] 46 root 0 SW [pdflush] 47 root 0 SW< [kswapd0] 91 root 0 SW< [aio/0] 95 root 0 SW< [nfsiod] 201 root 0 SW< [mtdblockd] 236 root 0 SW< [rpciod/0] 240 root 0 SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd2] 358 root 0 SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd4] 369 root 0 SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd5] 380 root 0 SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd6] 391 root 0 SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd7] 402 root 0 SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd8] 456 root 792 S /usr/sbin/httpd -c /etc/httpd.conf -p 4480 -h /www -f 463 root 816 S /usr/sbin/dropbear -p 4422 -P /var/run/dropbear.pid -r /etc/dropbear/rsa.key -d /etc/dropbear/dss.key -F 475 root 800 S /usr/sbin/crond -L /var/log/crond.log 495 root 800 S -/bin/sh 516 root 880 S /usr/sbin/dropbear -p 4422 -P /var/run/dropbear.pid -r /etc/dropbear/rsa.key -d /etc/dropbear/dss.key -F 517 root 808 S -sh 522 root 7896 R /program/taa2 529 root 7896 R /program/taa2 532 root 7896 T /program/taa2 533 root 7896 T /program/taa2 534 root 7896 T /program/taa2 537 root 7896 T /program/taa2 660 root 880 S /usr/sbin/dropbear -p 4422 -P /var/run/dropbear.pid -r /etc/dropbear/rsa.key -d /etc/dropbear/dss.key -F 661 root 808 S -sh 676 root 792 R ps # jobs # bg -sh: bg: No current job # fg -sh: fg: No current job # I'm curios how does /program/taa2 process enter traced or stopped mode (according to STAT = 'T') if one has *NOT* issued Ctrl + z or similar? Is there a way to 'wake the process up' (make it runnable) from another ssh session ? Thank you, Hinko -- Hinko Kočevar, OSS developer ČETRTA POT, d.o.o. Planina 3, 4000 Kranj, SI EU tel ++386 (0) 4 280 66 03 e-mail hinko.kocevar@xxxxxxxxxxxx http www.cetrtapot.si -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ