After my last zypper update I got the message that several running processes were using deleted files. Among others skype, xawtv and others used by me as user. I have always wondered if it would not make sense to stop using all programs before updating with e.g. Yast but never saw anything in this direction. Now it seems reality that active programs are running with deleted files. Did Yast have an own solution or is it zypper specific? Could one see the same info with Yast and which Yast specific command should be used? After leaving KDE with Ctrl Alt Backspace and logging in again I ran zypper ps again and found that all programs used by user were okay again but three PID belonging to root were still there. before I start killing PID from files who are anyhow deleted I would like to know what would be the recommended way to solve the case of deleted files. zypper ps The following running processes use deleted files: PID | PPID | UID | Login | Command | Service | Files ------+------+-----+-------+---------+---------+--------------------------- 1090 1 0 root kdm /usr/bin/kdm (deleted) /usr/bin/kdm (deleted) 3240 1 0 root polkitd /usr/share/mime/mime.cache | /usr/share/mime/mime.cache 30823 1090 0 root kdm /usr/bin/kdm (deleted) /usr/bin/kdm (deleted) You may wish to restart these processes. See 'man zypper' for information about the meaning of values in the above table. -- Linux User 183145 using a Pentium III , powered by openSUSE 11.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop KDE: 4.3.4 (KDE 4.3.4) "release 2" 17:46pm up 4 days 1:28, 3 users, load average: 1.04, 1.65, 1.85 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org