Hi,
Quick question, can we limit de nr of ptyxis instances?
Why do I need so many?
The same for gnome-software.
Is it possible to configure it to close all it’s instances after using it?
If ptyxis is configured to open a new window instead of a new tab the display you show may be possible. Check the settings in ptyxis (the hamburger menu) to see how it may be configured. By default ctrl-shift-n opens a new window and ctrl-shift-t opens a new tab in the existing window. When I have many tabs open with a single window it only shows one each for the application and for the socket. I even tested with using ctrl-shift-n to open 6 new windows and it still only had the 2 lines listed with the ps command.
For gnome software, it appears you may be opening a new window without closing the older one. What happens if you reboot and then make certain that the gnome software window is closed every time it is used.?
you can only open one instance at a time 
There is nothing on the settings area that you can setup for this matter.
And to be honest, I dont use tabs.
It’s enough to open only one ptyxis and it will open about 10 processes…
$ ps aux | grep ptyxis
jvian 3198 0.6 0.7 2237744 247436 ? Ssl Mar23 54:56 /usr/bin/ptyxis --gapplication-service
jvian 3689 0.0 0.0 378084 7048 ? Ssl Mar23 0:25 /usr/libexec/ptyxis-agent --socket-fd=3 --rlimit-nofile=1024
jvian 920547 0.0 0.0 231252 2568 pts/4 S+ 12:46 0:00 grep --color=auto ptyxis
# ps -ef | grep ptyxis
jvian 3198 2694 0 Mar23 ? 00:54:59 /usr/bin/ptyxis --gapplication-service
jvian 3689 3198 0 Mar23 ? 00:00:25 /usr/libexec/ptyxis-agent --socket-fd=3 --rlimit-nofile=1024
root 921086 5005 0 12:51 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto ptyxis
Note the 3rd column when using the -ef option. It tells which process is the parent of the current process (2nd column).
If you were to run that command then copy & paste the result as preformatted text we can see how the tree you show in the image is created. Maybe then the solution can be found.
Preformatted text is shown by placing a (```) on the line preceding the pasted text and on the line following the text. (Or by highlighting the pasted text and clicking the </> button on the toolbar of the text entry window)
I just counted 17 processes of ptyxis
OK, now I have more questions
htop is showing:
but ps is showing only 2 lines.
liviu@bobdenaut:~$ ps aux | grep ptyxis
liviu 30684 3.2 0.5 4071284 173816 ? Ssl 18:07 3:38 /usr/bin/ptyxis --gapplication-service
liviu 30708 0.0 0.0 377896 5364 ? Ssl 18:07 0:02 /usr/libexec/ptyxis-agent --socket-fd=3 --rlimit-nofile=1024
liviu 77437 0.0 0.0 6500 1328 pts/1 S+ 19:58 0:00 grep --color=auto ptyxis
liviu@bobdenaut:~$ ps -ef | grep ptyxis
liviu 30684 5082 3 18:07 ? 00:03:39 /usr/bin/ptyxis --gapplication-service
liviu 30708 30684 0 18:07 ? 00:00:02 /usr/libexec/ptyxis-agent --socket-fd=3 --rlimit-nofile=1024
liviu 77502 77396 0 19:58 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto ptyxis
liviu@bobdenaut:~$
htop has nothing to do with how many processes may be running. It is related to time consumed per time period. Thus it is not anything to be an issue unless there is a major slowdown of the system that can be related to the one process stated.
Note that processes running are shown by the ps command.
CPU time is shown by the various top commands and may be a single line or many depending upon how many different times that process is polled in the given time period
My htop display for ptyxis is
and in tree view it shows
I believe you are concerned about nothing of importance.
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Yeah, right but I wasn’t concerned in a bad way, I just didn’t understand why I see so many processes but now switching to tree on htop I see it’s one main process with other sub-processes?!
OK, I appreciate your time, man!
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