-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:35:23 +0200, Nick Wilson wrote:
> * and then Michael Schwendt declared.... > > > Well, RH9 pretty much froze. It sounded like it was doing 'updatedb' but > > > it went on for a couple of hours without me being able to move the mouse > > > or use the keyboard: Completly stuck. > > > > > > So, I had to turn the machine off manually: Not an ideal solution. > > > > > > * How can find out what it was doing? (sure it was updatedb though) > > > * And, where can I stop updatedb from running daily > > > * Is there anything else I should do now? > > > > > > I really don't know where to begin so some pointers and advice would be > > > very much appreciated.... > > > > Examine the log files, /var/log/messages > > Thanks! - Do you know where I can stop updatedb running /daily/? With "chmod -x /etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron" or by moving the script out of that directory. If you don't use the locate/scloate tools at all and therefore don't need its database, you could uninstall the slocate package completely (rpm -e slocate). - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/DVbt0iMVcrivHFQRAkPdAJsFk+SVIfM8VjU77kmPJ/OG+5TxegCeMuYL 1A9sOGsTv/YjnYYeCsY9CAU= =B+iu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
