1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mdkapplet b/mdkapplet
index 83269ed2..79138a5b 100755
--- a/mdkapplet
+++ b/mdkapplet
@@ -278,7 +278,11 @@ sub compareWithInstalled {
 }
 sub is_running {
     my ($name) = @_;
-    any { !/^\s*$$\b/ && /\b\Q$name\E$/ } `ps -u $ENV{USER}`;
+    any {
+	my ($ppid, $pid, $n) = /^\s*(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(.*)/;
+	#- to run ps, perl may create some process with $name as name and 1 as ppid
+	$ppid ne 1 && $pid ne $$ && $n eq $name;
+    } `ps -o '%P %p %c' -u $ENV{USER}`;
 }
 sub rpmverparse {
     my ($ver) = @_;