Re: [debian-knoppix] apmd launches anacron (causing prelink to fill ramdisk)
Tim
> > I am using Knoppix V3.3, and i am having problem with some cron
process,
> > because my hard disk work every time I open a program, an aldo in
other
> > process. do you think it will help me also?
>
> The latest version of KNOPPIX V3.3 shouldn't have this problem
(although
> I haven't been keeping track lately). You might try obtaining the
> newest version.
If I have installed one version in my hard disk, how can I obtain the
newest version, with out uninstalling?
> The next time you experience this problem, try opening a terminal and
> running top. If you notice prelink near the top of that output, it's
> the same problem. If not, it's probably something else.
> Post back your results and we'll take it from there.
Ok, I am with a big problem, my disk can crash in any mnute. So, I send
you the results of "top", "ps aux", "vnstat 1", and the content of
/etc/init.d/cron and /etc/init.d/anacron
please, help me!
---
knoppix@Notemar:~$ top
top - 10:16:05 up 8:50, 1 user, load average: 0.62, 0.71, 0.43
Tasks: 56 total, 3 running, 53 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 41.3% user, 3.0% system, 0.0% nice, 55.7% idle
Mem: 126788k total, 122220k used, 4568k free, 3472k buffers
Swap: 281096k total, 24432k used, 256664k free, 51828k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
2036 knoppix 15 0 36136 34m 17m R 38.7 28.1 2:27.79 firefox-bin
381 root 9 0 24912 13m 9352 R 3.9 10.6 1:19.87 X
2126 knoppix 13 0 984 984 800 R 1.3 0.8 0:00.55 top
2093 knoppix 9 0 14312 13m 11m S 0.3 11.3 0:01.79 konsole
1 root 8 0 60 52 32 S 0.0 0.0 0:04.67 init
2 root 9 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.39 keventd
3 root 19 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05
ksoftirqd_CPU0
4 root 9 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.64 kswapd
5 root 9 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 bdflush
6 root 9 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 kupdated
45 root 9 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kapmd
58 root 9 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd
157 daemon 9 0 204 164 164 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 portmap
249 root 9 0 376 368 316 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.08 syslogd
257 root 9 0 912 100 100 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.25 klogd
289 root 8 0 276 100 100 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.07 cardmgr
306 knoppix 9 0 1016 968 648 S 0.0 0.8 0:00.47 famd
311 root 9 0 132 80 80 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 inetd
316 root 9 0 1564 1052 924 S 0.0 0.8 0:00.16 nmbd
318 root 9 0 992 120 120 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 smbd
327 root 9 0 332 112 112 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.25 sshd
334 root 9 0 636 372 352 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.05 cupsd
364 daemon 9 0 180 128 128 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 atd
367 root 9 0 260 196 180 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.04 cron
372 root 9 0 236 172 172 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.01 kdm
375 root 9 0 136 88 88 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.04 getty
376 root 9 0 136 88 88 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 getty
377 root 9 0 136 88 88 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.01 getty
378 root 9 0 136 88 88 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 getty
379 root 9 0 136 88 88 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 getty
380 root 9 0 136 88 88 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 getty
--------
knoppix@Notemar:~$ ps aux
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.0 72 52 ? S 01:25 0:04 init [5]
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 01:25 0:00 [keventd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN 01:25 0:00
[ksoftirqd_CPU0]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 01:25 0:02 [kswapd]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 01:25 0:00 [bdflush]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 01:25 0:00
[kupdated]
root 45 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 01:25 0:00 [kapmd]
root 58 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 01:25 0:00 [khubd]
daemon 157 0.0 0.1 1704 164 ? S 01:25 0:00
/sbin/portmap
root 249 0.0 0.2 1540 344 ? S 01:26 0:00
/sbin/syslogd
root 257 0.0 0.0 2208 96 ? S 01:26 0:00
/sbin/klogd
root 289 0.0 0.0 1636 96 ? S 01:26 0:00
/sbin/cardmgr
knoppix 306 0.0 0.7 3112 968 ? S 01:26 0:00
/usr/sbin/famd -T 0
root 311 0.0 0.0 1520 76 ? S 01:26 0:00
/usr/sbin/inetd
root 316 0.0 0.6 5364 784 ? S 01:26 0:00
/usr/sbin/nmbd -D
root 318 0.0 0.0 7344 116 ? S 01:26 0:00
/usr/sbin/smbd -D
root 327 0.0 0.0 3076 108 ? S 01:26 0:00
/usr/sbin/sshd
root 334 0.0 0.2 4308 368 ? S 01:26 0:00
/usr/sbin/cupsd
daemon 364 0.0 0.0 1672 92 ? S 01:26 0:00
/usr/sbin/atd
root 367 0.0 0.1 1748 196 ? S 01:26 0:00
/usr/sbin/cron
root 372 0.0 0.1 2440 132 ? S 01:26 0:00
/usr/bin/kdm
root 375 0.0 0.0 1484 84 tty1 S 01:26 0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
root 376 0.0 0.0 1484 84 tty2 S 01:26 0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
root 377 0.0 0.0 1484 84 tty3 S 01:26 0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
root 378 0.0 0.0 1484 84 tty4 S 01:26 0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
root 379 0.0 0.0 1484 84 tty5 S 01:26 0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
root 380 0.0 0.0 1484 84 tty6 S 01:26 0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
root 381 0.2 10.1 29260 12852 ? S 01:26 1:21
/etc/X11/X -dpi 75 -nolisten tcp vt7
knoppix 449 0.0 2.3 6804 3004 ? S 01:27 0:01
/usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 20
knoppix 483 0.0 0.8 5024 1096 ? S 01:27 0:00
/usr/lib/bonobo-activation/bonobo-activation-server
knoppix 485 0.0 1.9 27836 2508 ? S 01:27 0:00
/usr/lib/evolution/1.4/evolution-wombat --oaf-activ
root 1990 0.0 0.7 3084 908 ? S 10:05 0:00 -:0
knoppix 2004 0.1 1.6 4160 2048 ? S 10:05 0:00
/usr/bin/fluxbox
knoppix 2032 0.0 0.4 2668 600 ? S 10:05 0:00
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/fluxbox
knoppix 2034 0.0 0.9 6184 1260 ? S 10:05 0:00
/usr/bin/X11/wmdrawer
knoppix 2035 4.8 21.0 56028 26696 ? S 10:05 0:31 evolution
knoppix 2036 24.2 28.0 55120 35608 ? R 10:05 2:40
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin
knoppix 2046 0.0 28.0 55120 35608 ? S 10:06 0:00
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin
knoppix 2047 0.0 28.0 55120 35608 ? S 10:06 0:00
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin
knoppix 2048 0.2 6.8 20048 8728 ? S 10:06 0:01 psi
knoppix 2050 0.0 28.0 55120 35608 ? S 10:06 0:00
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin
knoppix 2052 0.0 4.6 20992 5908 ? S 10:06 0:00
/usr/lib/evolution/1.4/evolution-alarm-notify --oaf
knoppix 2054 0.0 6.8 20048 8728 ? S 10:06 0:00 psi
knoppix 2059 0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ? S 10:06 0:00 evolution
knoppix 2060 0.3 21.0 56028 26696 ? S 10:06 0:01 evolution
knoppix 2061 0.3 21.0 56028 26696 ? S 10:06 0:02 evolution
knoppix 2070 0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ? S 10:06 0:00 evolution
knoppix 2082 0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ? S 10:07 0:00 evolution
knoppix 2083 0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ? S 10:07 0:00 evolution
knoppix 2093 1.1 11.3 25536 14340 ? R 10:13 0:02 konsole
knoppix 2095 0.0 5.6 19904 7132 ? S 10:14 0:00 kdeinit:
Running...
knoppix 2098 0.0 6.0 20040 7644 ? S 10:14 0:00 kdeinit:
dcopserver --nosid --suicide
knoppix 2101 0.0 6.4 20372 8144 ? S 10:14 0:00 kdeinit:
klauncher
knoppix 2103 0.7 8.7 22344 11120 ? S 10:14 0:01 kdeinit:
kded
knoppix 2107 0.6 1.8 5440 2332 pts/0 S 10:14 0:01 /bin/bash
knoppix 2127 4.2 11.2 26220 14316 pts/0 S 10:16 0:01 kedit
knoppix 2128 0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ? S 10:16 0:00 evolution
knoppix 2129 4.4 1.8 5440 2336 pts/1 S 10:16 0:01 /bin/bash
knoppix 2149 0.0 0.6 2852 816 pts/1 R 10:16 0:00 ps aux
---
knoppix@Notemar:~$ vmstat 1
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy
id wa
2 1 25276 3952 2952 50304 1 3 14 5 103 39 2 0
98 0
2 0 25276 4128 2960 50272 0 0 100 0 112 349 26 5
69 0
0 0 25276 4224 2960 50272 0 0 0 0 101 313 29 2
69 0
0 0 25276 4224 2960 50272 0 0 0 0 101 362 27 0
73 0
0 0 25276 4160 2960 50272 0 0 0 0 101 312 15 1
84 0
1 0 25276 4252 2964 50272 0 0 4 0 102 326 34 1
65 0
1 0 25276 4252 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 101 346 24 0
76 0
0 0 25276 4212 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 101 327 21 0
79 0
2 0 25276 4196 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 101 283 10 0
90 0
2 0 25276 4244 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 133 382 12 1
87 0
2 0 25276 4252 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 202 529 29 1
70 0
1 0 25276 4244 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 156 432 29 4
67 0
1 0 25276 4244 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 127 389 47 2
51 0
3 0 25276 4204 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 213 517 42 2
56 0
1 0 25276 4252 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 123 469 26 3
71 0
1 0 25276 3996 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 189 533 44 7
50 0
2 0 25276 4236 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 165 456 38 2
60 0
2 0 25276 4244 2964 50272 0 0 0 0 174 431 21 1
78 0
2 1 25276 3944 2864 49320 0 0 12 0 159 536 52 4
44 0
2 0 27040 6948 2740 48488 0 72 4 72 118 399 69 5
26 0
2 0 27040 7112 2740 48488 0 0 0 0 101 349 20 2
78 0
2 0 27040 7152 2740 48488 0 0 0 0 101 287 13 1
86 0
0 0 27040 7112 2740 48488 0 0 0 0 101 319 27 4
69 0
1 0 27040 7136 2740 48488 0 0 0 0 101 343 33 1
66 0
2 0 27040 7136 2740 48488 0 0 0 0 101 321 13 2
85 0
2 0 27040 7152 2740 48488 0 0 0 0 115 359 17 1
82 0
1 0 27040 7096 2740 48488 0 0 0 0 114 354 64 4
32 0
1 0 27040 6948 2740 48488 0 0 0 0 116 364 56 3
41 0
1 0 27040 7064 2740 48488 0 0 0 0 101 325 33 0
67 0
2 0 27040 5712 2740 48488 32 0 32 0 194 458 27 1
72 0
2 0 27040 6960 2744 48304 0 0 60 0 198 624 78 7
15 0
3 0 27040 6856 2744 48304 0 0 0 0 195 660 93
7 0 0
2 0 27040 7276 2744 48188 0 0 40 0 183 551 84
9 7 0
2 0 27040 6892 2760 48548 0 0 376 0 192 633 59 5
36 0
2 0 27040 6736 2764 48632 0 0 88 0 218 988 83 3
14 0
--
knoppix@Notemar:~$ mcedit /etc/init.d/cron
#!/bin/sh
# Start/stop the cron daemon.
test -f /usr/sbin/cron || exit 0
case "$1" in
start) echo -n "Starting periodic command scheduler: cron"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/crond.pid
--exec /usr/sbin/cron
echo "."
;;
stop) echo -n "Stopping periodic command scheduler: cron"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/crond.pid
--exec /usr/sbin/cron
echo "."
;;
restart) echo -n "Restarting periodic command scheduler: cron"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/crond.pid
--exec /usr/sbin/cron
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/crond.pid
--exec /usr/sbin/cron
echo "."
;;
reload|force-reload) echo -n "Reloading configuration files for periodic
command scheduler: cron"
# cron reloads automatically
echo "."
;;
*) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/cron start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
---
knoppix@Notemar:~$ mcedit /etc/init.d/anacron
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/anacron: start anacron
#
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
test -f /usr/sbin/anacron || exit 0
case "$1" in
start)
if test -x /usr/bin/on_ac_power
then
/usr/bin/on_ac_power >/dev/null
if test $? -eq 1
then
echo "Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: deferred while on battery
power."
exit 0
fi
fi
# on_ac_power doesn't exist, on_ac_power returns 0 (ac power being
used)
# or on_ac_power returns 255 (undefined, desktop machine without
APM)
echo -n "Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: anacron"
anacron -s
echo "."
;;
restart|force-reload|stop)
# nothing to do
:
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/anacron start"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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