Although I can't give instant directions on how to solve the problem, I
assumed that the slocate database was being updated -- I guess I assumed
that every so often was like once a day. (And Mandrake (7.2) includes a
script in run-parts to update the slocate database once a day.
I plan to find the script and move it to the weekly or even monthly
run-parts directory, or even better (when I learn more) set it to only
update the database for directories where I am likely to create new
files regularly (like my home directory).
Brian -- what is "once in a while"?
Thanks,
Randy Kramer
Marcel Pol wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2001 01:32:42 -0400
> Brian Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm having a problem, and I think it's with slocate. Every so
> often, my hard
> > drive will go nuts and just start grinding uncontrollably, taking up
> all my
> > system resources and forcing a hard shutdown (with the attendant
> problem of
> > fsck having to fix everything on boot-up). Is there some way to get
> slocate
> > to behave itself so it doesn't lock up my system? TIA.
>
> Are you sure it's related to slocate?
> It sounds more like some program which has a memory leak. The program
> fills then all the memory (including swap), untill the system becomes
> unusual.
>
> You might want to run top in the background, and check which program
> uses then all the cpu and memory, and if necessary, kill it.
> Netscape 4 is famous for this. But I've seen this with more apps.
