---
name: "gamemodelist"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gamemode"
version: "1.8.2-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gamemodelist"
---

# gamemodelist(1)

search for processes running with gamemode

## NAME

gamemodelist - search for processes running with gamemode

## SYNOPSIS

**gamemodelist**

## DESCRIPTION

**gamemodelist** will search the runtime of all processes running which started **GameMode** via **libgamemodeauto.so** and print them with [**ps**(1)](/ps/1.md) command output.  This helper script makes it easy to find which processes are utilizing **GameMode** via **libgamemodeauto.so** when troubleshooting potential game issues.

## USAGE

**libgamemodeauto.so.0** will be found in the shared object maps of running processes utilizing **GameMode**.  Run the following command to print processes loaded with **libgamemodeauto.so.0**.  **GameMode** can be started other ways but this script will only detect processes utilizing **GameMode** via **libgamemodeauto.so**.

gamemodelist

## OUTPUT

The output is a process table from [**ps**(1)](/ps/1.md) command.

PID PPID USER NI PSR COMMAND

Where each of these fields are defined in [**ps**(1)](/ps/1.md) manual.  For your convenience here's a definition for each field.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **COLUMN** | DESCRIPTION |
| PID | Process ID |
| PPID | Parent process ID |
| USER | User name owning the process. |
| NI | Nice value. This ranges from 19 (nicest) to -20 (not nice to others), See [*nice*(1)](/nice/1.md). |
| PSR | Processor that process is currently assigned to. Useful when setting process affinity using [*taskset*(1)](/taskset/1.md) utility. |
| COMMAND | Command name (only the executable name). |

## SEE ALSO

**gamemodrun**(1), [**nice**(1)](/nice/1.md), [**ps**(1)](/ps/1.md), [**taskset**(1)](/taskset/1.md).

## ABOUT

GameMode source can be found at *https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode.git*

## AUTHOR

**gamemodelist** was authored by Sam Gleske (https://github.com/samrocketman/)

**GameMode** was authored by Feral Interactive (linux-contact@feralinteractive.com)