On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 11:54, Pete Nesbitt wrote: > have a look at your /etc/crontab and see when cron.daily runs. updatedb is a > link to slocate, which runs as slocate.cron in /etc/cron.daily. That should > be running around 4am. However if your system clock is off or if your system > is powered off at that time, it may end up running at a different time > (possibly due to anacron). Also, by default it should be set to nice of +19, > the lowest priority. > -- > Pete Nesbitt, rhce It really bites for laptop users. Even at a +19 pri, it really holds up responsiveness on a laptop. I get ulcers because of updatedb. I disable it. I really wish that fam would be in charge of updating the database. -eric wood -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
