Re: X & modprobe gone wild
> > Jul 8 14:45:09 eyry modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-6
> > Jul 8 14:46:30 eyry modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-6
> The char device with major number 6 if the printer. Do you have one?
> (See /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt.)
by aggressively grepping /etc, I found that char-major-6 was an alias
for lp. Stopping the printer daemon helped somewhat. No, I don't have
a printer, although there's a couple on the network and a deskwriter
(the mac version) availalbe that i'd lik e connect to.
> What are the parents of these processes? (ps axf)
95 ? S 0:01 /sbin/kerneld
11167 ? S 0:00 \_ modprobe -k -s char-major-6
11168 ? S 0:00 \_ sh -c echo /lib/modules/boot/lp.o /lib/modules/boot/lp.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fs/lp.o /lib/modu
11181 ? R 0:00 \_ bash /sbin/kernelversion
the /sbin/kernelversion is also recurring, and tends to suck processor
time.
> > The system is clsoe to unusable; how do i recover?
> Try disabling the printer in conf.modules (alias char-major-6 off).
> This is *not* a good permanent solution.
At the moment, I'll take anything that works :) but is this likely to
even be related to X itself sucking cycles?
rick
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