Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:24:37 -0500: > > --+jhVVhN62yS6hEJ8 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > michelle wrote: > > booting single user in 80x25 text mode gives still gives me the hard disk= > =20 > > acces on each keypress. > > Testing and unstable both come with a bootlogd that will log everything > that it output to the screen to /var/log/boot. It is active if you boot > to single user mode, and during the boot, but should be shut off after > boot is complete. This is a likely explanation for what you're describing.
That would be it; thanks. Explains why not in X, and only in console. Unfortunately, I cannot remember whether after killing bootlogd manually, the disk accessing kept happening. The question: I thought I told all my log files to not sync. Why does bootlogd insist on syncing after it writes something? In case of boot failure, I guess. Still annoying that it then syncs on every single keypress. -- TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ A computer scientist's description of life: Even if the underpowered inter-continental links could take it, you'd see a routing nightmare. BGP packets would be flying around in circles panicking, and any sane network administrator would lock him or herself in a small room and whimper until it was all over. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
