Problem: My linux box shows a lot of disk activity even when there isn't
anyone logged on. This drastically slows down the speed of the machine.
Can anyone offer any suggestions. Thank you in advance.
Information
Sorry about the lack of details. The computer is a gateway 2000 with an
intel pentium II processor, 64 Mb of ram, and a 6 Gb harddrive.
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Below is the output of the "ps xa" command
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PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ? S 0:03 init [5]
2 ? SW 0:00 (kflushd)
3 ? SW< 0:00 (kswapd)
21 ? S 0:01 /sbin/kerneld
168 ? R 517:34 syslogd
177 ? S 0:00 klogd
190 ? S 0:08 gated
212 ? S 0:00 crond
234 ? S 0:02 /usr/sbin/snmpd -f
253 ? S 0:00 inetd
277 ? S 0:00 named
291 ? S 0:00 lpd
310 ? S 0:00 rpc.mountd
326 ? S 0:00 rpc.nfsd
344 ? S 0:00 rwhod
393 ? S 0:00 sendmail: accepting connections on port 25
397 ? S 0:00 -:0
405 ? S 0:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -noti
417 ? S 0:04 gpm -t PS/2
458 ? S 0:03 httpd
575 ? S 0:00 smbd -D
597 ? S 0:18 nmbd -D
616 1 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1
617 2 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2
618 3 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3
619 4 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4
620 5 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5
621 6 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6
622 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon
625 ? S 0:06 update (bdflush)
681 ? S 0:39 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -auth /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authf
1010 ? S 0:00 fvwm2 -cmd FvwmM4 -debug /etc/X11/AnotherLevel/fvwm2rc.m4
1109 ? S 0:00 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2//FvwmTaskBar 10 4 /tmp/fvwmrca0103
1110 ? S 0:00 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2//FvwmButtons 12 4 /tmp/fvwmrca0103
1113 ? S 0:00 nxterm +ut -T twister-Main -n Main -geometry +153+115
1114 ? S 0:00 control-panel -geometry -0+0
1115 p1 S 0:00 bash
1116 ? R N 0:00 xload -nolabel -geometry 32x20+0+0 -bg grey60 -update 5
1117 ? S 0:00 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2//FvwmPager 12 4 /tmp/fvwmrca01036
1384 p1 R 0:00 ps xa
1627 ? R 465:41 control-panel -geometry -0+0
8822 ? Z 0:00 (printtool <zombie>)
32452 ? R 3:49 control-panel -geometry -0+0
32470 ? Z 0:01 (python <zombie>)
223 ? S 0:02 portmap
200 ? S 0:32 /usr/sbin/atd
1383 ? R 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
464 ? S 0:00 httpd
465 ? S 0:00 httpd
466 ? S 0:00 httpd
467 ? S 0:00 httpd
468 ? S 0:00 httpd
469 ? S 0:00 httpd
470 ? S 0:00 httpd
471 ? S 0:00 httpd
472 ? S 0:00 httpd
473 ? S 0:00 httpd
1446 ? S 0:00 httpd
1459 ? S 0:00 httpd
527 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/postmaster -S -D/var/lib/pgsql
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output of free
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total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 63160 60248 2912 37056 23860 19384
-/+ buffers/cache: 17004 46156
Swap: 130748 0 130748
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output of vmstat
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procs memory swap io system cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id
2 0 0 0 2856 23860 19384 0 0 1 6 125 70 47 52 0
4 1 0 0 2888 23860 19384 0 0 0 4 155 16 43 57 0
2 1 0 0 2904 23860 19384 0 0 0 5 156 18 43 57 0
6 1 0 0 2904 23860 19384 0 0 0 5 166 16 47 53 0
2 0 0 0 2864 23860 19384 0 0 0 4 148 21 41 59 0
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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_ Carl T. Drake, Instructor of Physics _ E-mail _
_ Jackson State University _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _
_ Box 17660 _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _
_ Jackson, MS 39217 _ "There can be only ONE!" _
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