On September 1993 plus 3727 days [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 09:15 am, many eyes noted that Kwan Lowe wrote: >> > What is reading/writing on my harddrive every 5-6 seconds? >> > If I go to runlevel 3, whatever it is, stops. >> > Runlevel 5 uses Kde 3, so it must be something in there. >> > I turn every app I see off, but still no result. >> >> Probably some sort of log. You can try sending logs to a remote server or >> shutting down syslog entirely to help troubleshoot. Take a look in >> /var/log and see if there are any files that are growing or with recent >> timestamps: >> >> $ cd /var/log >> Sort by size >> $ ls -lSrh * >> Sort by date >> $ ls -ltr > > Possibly try:- > > find / -type f -mmin 01 > > that should tell you what files have been written in the last minute. > > Also maybe try:- > > ps auxwww > > that should show you all the running processes and might be of help?
I've been following this thread....and it just came to my mind....check if FAM is running....fam polls the HD every so often and then warns whichever programs need warnings about HD changes...I'm starting to think it's fam that's doing you in. Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
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