On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Arthur Maciel <mac...@fnal.gov> wrote: > Hi SciLinux, So I am happily using > > $cat /etc/redhat-release > Scientific Linux Fermi LTS release 4.5 (Wilson) > > with one annoying "feature" -- at times, the fan goes full blast, > the cpu slows down, and I do > > $top > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > 5140 root 39 19 11660 8512 512 R 96.6 1.7 5:52.32 prelink > !!!!-constantly in the 90's > this state can last for well over 1/2 hr... > (I have not checked whether this happens at fixed times of day) > > What is this prelink business ? do I need it ? > If not, how do I disable this ?
You can find good info about prelink by a 'man prelink'. If you wish to disable it, (1) edit /etc/sysconfig/prelink and change the first (uncommented) line to "PRELINKING=no" (2) run /etc/cron.daily/prelink Hope this helps, Akemi