Fred Smith wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 02:26:32AM -0800, John Doe wrote: >> From: Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> >> >> > I'm suddenly noticing multiple threads named "ImageDecoder" >> > showing up in the output of top (when threads are turned >> > on with "H"). I've no clue what this is, and haven't found out much about it by >> > searching. Can someone tell me what it is, and if it's doing anything useful or >> > just wasting cycles? >> >> >From which process...? java? >> > Um, it appears in the process list as "ImageDecoder". I don't know how > one would determine that it's java or not. > > Can you give me a hint? So ImageDecoder is a running process? Then I'd think that locate ImageDecoder would find it, so that you can check. mark