Re: System Slows Down

[Joerg Johannes <liste_joerg@gmx.de>]

Hi Ronin
On Thursday 27 March 2003 14:58, ronin2@bellatlantic.net wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0500
>
> DanSV@aol.com wrote:
> > Every so often, things will slow to a CRAWL,
> > and then poof, go back to normal.  WHAT IS THIS?
> > How can I stop it?
> > Whatever clever program is running in the background,
> > I would like it to stop!
>
> Wow, with that hardware you shouldn't slow down for anything. :)
>
> When things slow down, do "ps ax" and go through the list of running
> processes.

Most likely there is the "updatedb" and/or "man-db" process searching around 
your HD. This slows down *every* box.
"updatedb" enables you to look for a certain file with "locate filename", 
while "man-bd" is responsible for the "apropos" database.
If you never use the "locate" command, consider removing the dlocate (or 
slocate) package.

hth
joerg
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