Linux: Tool to monitor every process, execute-command, shortly, monitor what's happening at the moment

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How can I log all process launches in Linux

Due to a freeze problem of my Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) (it is not isolable), I though about logging every executable of the kernel somehow in any file to see what happens last when a freeze occurs the next time to not lose valuable information.

I found acct, but this is obviously not what I'm looking for. Actually it logs just user commands and those things. I need something which logs in a much "deeper" level. The best would be some kind of script which records every interrupt. Does some tool like that exist?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 07 '24 at 23:42

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You might try a 'ps' -aux that will list all processes running on the system at a point in time. You could put it into a shell script to iteratively run over time, probably with a sleep in between iterations.

A 'top' runs continuously and lists the largest users of system resources. It also has flags that can tailor its output (man top or man ps).

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Peter Mortensen

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answered Dec 17 '10 at 21:21

apolinsky

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22

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Gilles' comment was the solution:

Maybe you can get a kernel core dump. See also CrashdumpRecipe and other Ubuntu kernel debugging topics.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22

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answered Jan 09 '11 at 19:35

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Linux: Tool to monitor every process, execute-command, shortly, monitor what's happening at the moment

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