< snip > > I would open a terminal and run "top" in that terminal. You'll get > something that looks a bit like this:- > > http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/999/ > > Followed by this header:- > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > > Then a list of processes that are running. The default view shows the > processes that are consuming the most CPU time at the top. For example > right now I have these:- > > http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/1000/ > > You'll note at the top of the list right now on my machine is Xorg, > nautilus and Java. (I'm uploading some files using a java applet, so > this looks about right). > > Note in the left hand column you can see who owns the processes. My name > is next to some of them. > > I would leave that running permanently, and when you notice the disk > going nuts, take a look at it and see if something rises to the top. You > may also note in the top header the %wa (percentage of time the cpu is > blocked waiting for IO operations to complete) goes up as your disk is > getting mashed. > > My bet would be trackerd, the file indexing daemon, but it could be > anything. Let us know what you find.
Thanks for these ideas, I shall get cracking, expect my report back in the not too distant future. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
