Hi Shafe1:
Nice of you to join in your local LUG, as I've said before [not unlike the proverbial broken record] the sense of community is unprecedented.
SMP: symmetric multi-processing aka many processors under the command of ONE OS. [as opposed to parallel computing/processing]
the PCMCIA daemon can also be turned off the same way [that is why I had given u so many options, go thru the list, read abt them disable what you dont need]. There are loads of services u can actually turn off either as a security concern or as a matter of maximizing your processor .. things like kudzu, are basically unimportant if you arent on a hotswapping computer.
Shafe1: ok you really need to look into this problem beyond the levels of APMD etc. When you say having to clean your filesystem .. what do u mean? What fs are u using? Are you absolutely sure that your device itself isnt failing on you? By the way are you using a controller card for the hardware storage device?
to roughly debug from the info you provided..
The display 0.0 is your local X server
teh screensaver warning/error messages .. i've seen in a lot of Xfree86 3.xx running systems, usually inconsequential.
How large are the core files if they arent too sensitive, and u would really want to get to the bottom of this, u could analyze the coredump.
What runlevel do you boot to?
To really check if the problem is an inconsistency/bug in KDE .. switch to GNOME .. change the windowmanager to enlightenment or something else just to check on performance.
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Originally posted by shafe1:
Toaster, Thanks for the reply. This probelm is getting to me. I've been expousing to the family that UNIX systems (Hence Linux) are a lot more stable than Windows and we keep having to clean it everyday. I didn't get a chance last night to turn off APMD, but I will tonight. Can I also turn off the PCMCIA support in Linuxconf? By the way, should I run that in console mode (since I'm messing with the system) or doesn't it matter? Also, what is a SMP system?
Hey Ex-Static-Cling, btw, I found a local Linux users group maybe I can pick up some good tips and start helping other newbies as you've been kind enough to do for me.
Thanks again both of you