How can I find the PID for software where the name of the software is different from the executable?

Ask Question

Asked 8 years, 1 month ago

Modified 8 years, 1 month ago

Viewed 106 times

I run "Videos" software from the Dash in Ubuntu. After some minutes the software freezes.

I've tried searching for the PID of the software to kill it, but I can't find any result with these commands:

pgrep Videos
ps -eo cmd,pid,stime

I don't know the stime of the process.

I have to restart my computer and after login, I see the software is executed by totem command.

How can I find the PID for software where the name of the software is different from that of the executable file?

fixer1234

27.6k61 gold badges78 silver badges123 bronze badges

asked Jun 5, 2016 at 5:41

HP_perfect

254 bronze badges

Process name of Videos in Ubuntu is 'totem'.
– Johannes Tue
Commented Jun 5, 2016 at 6:15
The executable is totem, "Videos" is not the name of the executable but the "Application name" according to XDG Desktop Spec
– ljrk
Commented Jun 5, 2016 at 8:41
Right, But when you click on Videos Icon, how can you find pid of this process? (because there are some applications that executable file name is not same of the application).
– HP_perfect
Commented Jun 5, 2016 at 8:52

Add a comment |

0