Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> said on Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:24:37 -0500:
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> michelle wrote:
> > booting single user in 80x25 text mode gives still gives me the hard disk=
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> > acces on each keypress.
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> 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.
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