On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 18:10 +0000, Matthias wrote: > Subject: who is r/w-ing my hdd? > Newsgroups: RWTHNEWS:linux.debian.user > > Hello, > > I am searching the source of some every 2/3 seconds > happening harddisk read/write operation. It is > really annoying - even if there is (from my side) > no system activity at all. I also fear the health > of my hardware if this cant be settled (may be there > is no reason to do so - but i cant judge). Up to > the current point of investigation i blame it to > the X server (4.3 i guess, the default one...) > I was using fvwm (no gnome) before and there was > the same thing going on. Since x server is the only > thing the both setups have in common this should > be it. also when i do "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" hdd > accesses stop, too. I have never witnessed such > behaviour on any system i was using. So i guess > there must be something wrong in my setup (i > am keeping it very much to default). I also tried > to upgrade to x11.org from backports-sarge at > www.backports.org with no luck. > > my system is up to date using the mirror > sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de > > (whatever you call up to date with debian ;-))
How huch RAM & which daemons do you have running? If your system is RAM-constrained, it will be page a lot. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "Go not unto the Usenet for advice, for you will be told both yea and nay (and quite a few things that just have nothing at all to do with the question)." Unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
