On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 02:10:58AM +0200, Danny Pansters wrote: > On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, William Jensen wrote: > > Anyone have any idea what this is: > > > > Sep 3 17:17:30 stimpy -- MARK -- > > Sep 3 17:37:30 stimpy -- MARK -- > > Sep 3 17:57:30 stimpy -- MARK -- > > Sep 3 18:17:30 stimpy -- MARK -- > > Sep 3 18:37:30 stimpy -- MARK -- > > > > I see those all day long. > > I have those too, I don't believe they mean anything bad is going on, but I > also would like to know what exactly this is. > > I always thought it were kernel messages relating to memory swapping or > network checks or something.
They simply mean that the system is OK at the moment. This information could be useful in finding out when a system was last alive before it crashed. (Notice that they happen once every 20 minutes) Cheers, Chris -- pick, pack, pock, puck: like drops of water in a fountain falling softly in the brimming bowl.
