well , actually i dont use squid -k restart but i do 1- /usr/sbin/squid -k shutdown /usr/sbin/squid -k shutdown /usr/sbin/squid -k shutdown to make sure it 2- then i start it by /usr/sbin/squid it equals to squid -k restart ! but after that when i type ps aux | grep squid , i find squid working !!!! thats was the problem "in my analysis" the solutino was , when dealing with smp options in squid , and i want to restart it , i must do *killall -9 squid* after that no squid running in the background then its safe to run squid by /usr/sbin/squid thats what happed with me and it longed 2 days searching about no thing !!!! now in the logs i dont see *2013/10/26 18:36:58 kid2| Squid Cache (Version 3.3.9): Exiting normally. 2013/10/26 18:36:58 kid3| Squid Cache (Version 3.3.9): Exiting normally.* now i think i can continue with another configs in smp , * plz correct me if im wrong above ,* regards ----- Dr.x -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/how-distribute-squid-loads-to-cpus-and-memories-using-SMP-feature-tp4662867p4662913.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.