Hi Folks.. Thaks for your replies.
Select * from v$process shows the following info :


ADDR PID SPID USERNAME SERIAL# TERMINAL
-------- ---------- --------- --------------- ------- ----------
PROGRAM B LATCHWAI LATCHSPI
------------------------------------------------ - -------- --------
32D07AF8 11 22742 oracle 5 syscon
oracle@amlux72 (TNS V1-V3)


There are about 5 of these processes..

do you know what they are ??