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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Fragility
From:       Uwe Thiem <uwe () uwix ! alt ! na>
Date:       2000-09-15 19:46:48
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Matthias Kretz wrote:

> I experienced similar problems with our computers at school. They run 
> SuSE 6.4 (last year it was 6.3) and sometimes they work the HD like 
> crazy. (I guess it's some kind o' cronscript - I don't experience it on 
> my own RedHat Box. - it's kind of funny when all those ten computers 
> work like crazy at the same time.) Well, normally this is no problem, 
> but sometimes when you just did the wrong thing and this cronscript (I 
> guess) starts, the computer hangs completely and there's no other way 
> to regain control than to use the power switch (those Reset buttons 
> just don't work anymore). This happened to often to be just a 
> coincedence.

That is, indeed, a cron job. It is supposed to re-build the locate
database directly after midnight. If it runs on your systems over
the day check your clock!

No, it is not related to my experience.

Uwe

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