Output of ps ax in Chromium OS
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/init
2 ? S< 0:00 [kthreadd]
3 ? S< 0:00 [migration/0]
4 ? S< 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
5 ? S< 0:00 [events/0]
6 ? S< 0:00 [cpuset]
7 ? S< 0:00 [khelper]
10 ? S< 0:00 [netns]
13 ? S< 0:00 [async/mgr]
157 ? S< 0:00 [kblockd/0]
159 ? S< 0:00 [kacpid]
160 ? S< 0:00 [kacpi_notify]
195 ? S< 0:00 [ata/0]
196 ? S< 0:00 [ata_aux]
200 ? S< 0:00 [ksuspend_usbd]
205 ? S< 0:00 [khubd]
208 ? S< 0:00 [kseriod]
258 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
259 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
260 ? S< 0:00 [kswapd0]
311 ? S< 0:00 [aio/0]
326 ? S< 0:00 [crypto/0]
496 ? S< 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
499 ? S< 0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
526 ? S< 0:00 [kpsmoused]
531 ? S< 0:00 [kstriped]
536 ? S< 0:00 [kondemand/0]
539 ? S< 0:00 [usbhid_resumer]
620 ? S 0:14 /lib/bootchart/collector 25 /log
787 ? S< 0:00 [kjournald]
809 ? S< 0:00 [kjournald]
835 ? SLs 0:00 /usr/bin/slim -d
840 tty2 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2
841 tty1 Ss+ 0:06 /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp vt01 -auth /var/run/slim.auth
853 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -c4
854 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/cat
855 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --system --fork
856 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s -O/var/run/wpa_supplicant
862 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/connmand
865 ? S 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -e BUSNAME=org.moblin.connman -pf /var/run/connman/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/run/connman/dhclient.eth0.leases -cf /usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient.conf -sf /usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script eth0 -n
866 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon
944 ? Ts 0:00 /sbin/init
953 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid --confdir /etc/acpi/events --socketfile /var/run/acpid.socket
1021 ? S<s 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
1090 ? S< 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
1091 ? S< 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
1184 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd -g -u ntp:ntp
1429 ? S< 0:00 [loop0]
1445 ? S< 0:00 [kdmflush]
1466 ? S< 0:00 [kcryptd_io]
1467 ? S< 0:00 [kcryptd]
1471 ? S< 0:00 [kjournald2]
1487 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/ck-launch-session /etc/X11/chromeos-xsession
1507 ? R 0:14 /usr/bin/chromeos-wm --hotkey_overlay_image_dir=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/images --panel_anchor_image=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/images/panel_anchor.png --panel_bar_image=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/images/panel_bar_bg.png --shadow_image_dir=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/images --wm_background_image=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/images/background_1024x600.png --wm_xterm_command=/usr/bin/xterm -bg black -fg grey --log_dir=/home/chronos/log
1508 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/chromeos-chrome-loop
1509 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash
1512 ? Sl 0:01 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --enable-gview --no-first-run
1513 ? S 0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --enable-gview --no-first-run
1518 ? S 0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=zygote
1543 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/devicekit-power/devkit-power-daemon
1547 ? Sl 0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --channel=1512.baa6f90.1458286414 --type=renderer --lang=en-US --force-fieldtest=AsyncSlowStart/_AsyncSlowStart_off/DnsImpact/_max_2s_queue_prefetch/GlobalSdch/_global_disable_sdch/SocketLateBinding/_disable_late_binding/
1551 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/devicekit-disks/devkit-disks-daemon
1552 ? S 0:00 devkit-disks-daemon: not polling any devices
1555 ? Sl 0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --channel=1512.bbd1068.1453474780 --type=renderer --lang=en-US --force-fieldtest=AsyncSlowStart/_AsyncSlowStart_off/CacheSize/CacheSizeGroup_0/DnsImpact/_max_2s_queue_prefetch/GlobalSdch/_global_disable_sdch/SocketLateBinding/_disable_late_binding/
1564 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/xterm -bg black -fg grey
1565 pts/0 Rs 0:00 bash
1580 pts/0 R+ 0:00 ps ax
You mean *kernel* processes. There’s nothing to do with KDE in that output.