Version: (using Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources OS: Linux https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=41191 to reproduce: in KDE launch konsole su enter root password top close konsole result: the "top" process is still alive and eats 100% CPU this isn't related to top command , in fact tail -f has the same behaviour this isn't related to root user only, in fact, using su an_other_user - has the same behaviour This bug is valid under kde4 and kde3
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 143880 ***