Re: Problem running Bubblemon applet

This is somehow related to how your module loading is set up.  Nobody 
has been able to track this down to a solution however :-(.

What happens is that because bubblemon cannot get a list of available 
network interfaces from libgtop (the library used for all load 
measuring), it blindly asks for the load of a bunch of common network 
interfaces like eth0, ppp0 and the likes.  On a few systems (not mine 
unforturnately), when a request is made for an unknown network 
interface, the kernel tries to find a module supporting that network 
interface.  Repeat this a couple of times per second, and you get the 
results you are seeing.

If you check your /var/log/messages you should see what I mean.  I think 
Juan is working on a preferences panel that would enable you to shut off 
network load measuring.

The absolutely best thing would be if you could find out what makes 
*your* system try to load a module for any unknown network interface.  A 
few people have tried this and failed :-(.  An easier test case you can 
try for provoking this is doing "/sbin/ifconfig asdffdsafdsa" as any user.

   Cheers //Johan

Nazmul Hossain wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have downloaded the source code bubblemon-2.0.1-2 and compiled it 
> under RedHat8. The applet seems to be running fine but the moment I 
> start the applet the CPU goes to 100% and the HDD keeps thrashing. Once 
> I remove the applet, the CPU and HDD goes to normal again.
> 
> Please help.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Nazmul Hossain.
> 
> 
> 
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