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SubjectRe: Strange syslogd behavior under 2.2.10 and 2.2.11
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I thought this as well, but have nothing run hourly in my crontab (or anyone
elses). Besides, I don't see how a crontab entry would cause syslogd to
suddenly start sucking 100% of the cpu?

Greg
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Gregory Whalin
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----- Original Message -----
From: Riley Williams <rhw@memalpha.cx>
To: Gregory P Whalin <gwhalin@numerix.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: Strange syslogd behavior under 2.2.10 and 2.2.11


> Hi Gregory.
>
> > Experiencing a strange thing with syslogd under 2.2.10 and
> > 2.2.11 (at least this is the first I have noticed it). At
> > apparently random times, the disk starts grinding and syslogd
> > sucks up 100% of all cpu cycles. After about a minute
> > everything settles down again and the cpu usage drops down to
> > normal for syslogd. But, after a short time (maybe an hour),
> > this same thing happens again. Any ideas?
>
> That 'about an hour' sounds too much like cron to me, so I'd suggest
> you look through the various cron jobs configured on your system.
> Start with the contents of /etc/cron.hourly/ as the obvious starting
> point...
>
> Best wishes from Riley.
>
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
> | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
> | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
> | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> * ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
> * http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
>


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