On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:28:53 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 15:44 -0400, H.S. wrote: > > Recently, I noticed that fam was taking up quite a bit of my CPU on > > Debian Testing running 2.6.18 kernel. This happened especially when I > > was connected to a webdav server and had remote files listed in > > konqueror. Going through some past list message here and also through > > google, I concluded I can try just uninstalling it. So far, after > > removing fam, my system hasn't slowed down as before. So, why would I > > need fam if having it just causes a problem and not having it apparently > > hasn't troubled me at all? > > It is called FAM for a reason. FAM == File Alteration Monitor > > If you are currently modifying or have some files open, it makes sure > that the processes that have them open are notified that another process > (should you open a file with something else) has opened them. If you > change these files the other processes are are notified and given a > single to "do what they do" in this case. If they don't care... then FAM > has done its job. If they do care... then FAM has done its job. > > It is things like Trash, IMAP servers, WebDAV servers and clients to > notify you "HEY, blargenfingle file changed as we have it open. Do you > want to reload it or blah.blah.blah this fizzering?" > > This is an important feature, the reason FAM was taking a bit of CPU > time, it was monitoring the actions the other programs were taking on > the files you had open. Given that you were dealing with a webdav > server, probably lotsa files were open. > > If you are not actually running any servers or have other people on your > machine, you should be able to survive without it. But remember you > might have probs, or you might not. Depends on what you are doing. > -- > greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I installed Bluefish, I had a bit of a jam with the fam / gamin conflict (Bluefish / GNOME wanted one and Xfce wanted the other). At the time, I didn't really understand what they did, but based on this thread and your comments in particular, I gather that when I leave a file open for a while in Bluefish and meanwhile make a quick edit with vi and then return to Bluefish, the Bluefish notification that the file has been modified by another process is based on info received from gamin. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
