> > Jul 8 14:45:09 eyry modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-6 > > Jul 8 14:46:30 eyry modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-6
> The char device with major number 6 if the printer. Do you have one? > (See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt.) by aggressively grepping /etc, I found that char-major-6 was an alias for lp. Stopping the printer daemon helped somewhat. No, I don't have a printer, although there's a couple on the network and a deskwriter (the mac version) availalbe that i'd lik e connect to. > What are the parents of these processes? (ps axf) 95 ? S 0:01 /sbin/kerneld 11167 ? S 0:00 \_ modprobe -k -s char-major-6 11168 ? S 0:00 \_ sh -c echo /lib/modules/boot/lp.o /lib/modules/boot/lp.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/lp.o /lib/modu 11181 ? R 0:00 \_ bash /sbin/kernelversion the /sbin/kernelversion is also recurring, and tends to suck processor time. > > The system is clsoe to unusable; how do i recover? > Try disabling the printer in conf.modules (alias char-major-6 off). > This is *not* a good permanent solution. At the moment, I'll take anything that works :) but is this likely to even be related to X itself sucking cycles? rick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
