jim ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : I don't know debian well enough to know which process is running : find at 7AM in the morning, but, I suspect it is rebuilding the : locate database. The problem is that it is being run at normal : priority which REALLY puts a dent in performance. I would suggest : that any jobs which are rebuilding databases as nobody should be : automatically niced to something that will allow X-windows to : work concurrently.
Right, it's the rebuilding of the locate database. The script that does this is /etc/cron.daily/find. Another alternative is to change the time the /etc/cron.daily scripts are run. Just edit /etc/crontab to do this. Regards, E.- -- Eloy A. Paris Information Technology Department Rockwell Automation de Venezuela Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9430323 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .