On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 08:59:21AM +0530, I R Veejay wrote: > I would really like to know why does linux access the disk so much (in GUI > mode)
When you say GUI mode, which desktop, and window manager are you actually running? > to fire-up even a small application like terminals windows? Which terminal emulator are you using? What services and applications were currently loaded when you started the terminal? > What is it that it reads/writes so much? This is irrespective of m/c > configuration. I doubt that ... what is your machine configuration? How much physical memory? And to repeat, which services and which software currently open? Sameer. -- Research Scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/ -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
