On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 10:36:16 +0100 Rohan Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am wondering if anyone else experiences this, I had thought it was a > gnome problem, but am no longer using gnome. > > About 5 minutes after I boot up, the harddrive goes crazy for about 3-5 > minutes slowing everything down, and I was wondering if anyone has any > idea what might be causing it. > > I run, kdm, rox session with sawfish, but this has been consistent since > I installed the system and then I was running gnome and/or kde. I have > uninstalled everything kde except the libraries needed for kdm. > > Any ideas would be most appreciated, as it drives me a little crazy, > especially as I have no idea what is causing it. > I have this also and believe that it is updatedb (used by locate) running in the background. I hardly ever turn my box off but if I do the next day after I boot the computer is almost unusable for 3 to 5 minutes due to disk activity. If the computer is left on the same thing occours at around 7:00 am. Check your /etc/cron.daily dir to see what is being run. Hope this helps. R. Pluschke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
