Johnny Fulcrum wrote: > > Hi- > > I have fedroa core1 on a dell latitude and have noticed a lot of hard > drive activity. The hard drive LED flickers constantly (sometimes goes > solid on for a second or two). I install gkrellm and there's a little > chart for disk activity - every second or so it'll chart disk activity. > > Is there any tools or commands I can use to see what process is making > the HD grind ? I looked through a ps -ef and didn't see anything too > suspect - I also have "turned off" uneeded services using chkconfig.... > thanks > johnnyf > You might find this quote from the release notes helpful: # The Fedora Core 1 kernel now includes support for laptop mode. When placed in laptop mode, the kernel batches disk I/O, allowing the disk drive to become idle long enough for the drive's power-saving features to take affect. This can result in significant increases in battery runtime. To enable laptop mode, issue the following command: echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode To disable laptop mode, issue the following command: echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode NOTE: The APM scripts included with Fedora Core 1 automatically enable laptop mode when switching to battery power. > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list