Re: apmd launches anacron (causing prelink to fill ramdisk)

Mariano Blejman <marianet-sbJo1MvXQYdWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.knoppix
Message-ID <1080729705.2083.10.camel@Notemar>
Tim

> > I am using Knoppix V3.3, and i am having problem with some cron
process,
> > because my hard disk work every time I open a program, an aldo in
other
> > process. do you think it will help me also?
> 
> The latest version of KNOPPIX V3.3 shouldn't have this problem
(although
> I haven't been keeping track lately).  You might try obtaining the
> newest version.

If I have installed one version in my hard disk, how can I obtain the
newest version, with out uninstalling?

> The next time you experience this problem, try opening a terminal and
> running top.  If you notice prelink near the top of that output, it's
> the same problem.  If not, it's probably something else.
> Post back your results and we'll take it from there.

Ok, I am with a big problem, my disk can crash in any mnute. So, I send
you the results of "top", "ps aux", "vnstat 1", and the content of
/etc/init.d/cron and /etc/init.d/anacron

please, help me!
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[email protected]:~$ top

top - 10:16:05 up  8:50,  1 user,  load average: 0.62, 0.71, 0.43
Tasks:  56 total,   3 running,  53 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  41.3% user,   3.0% system,   0.0% nice,  55.7% idle
Mem:    126788k total,   122220k used,     4568k free,     3472k buffers
Swap:   281096k total,    24432k used,   256664k free,    51828k cached

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
 2036 knoppix   15   0 36136  34m  17m R 38.7 28.1   2:27.79 firefox-bin
  381 root       9   0 24912  13m 9352 R  3.9 10.6   1:19.87 X
 2126 knoppix   13   0   984  984  800 R  1.3  0.8   0:00.55 top
 2093 knoppix    9   0 14312  13m  11m S  0.3 11.3   0:01.79 konsole
    1 root       8   0    60   52   32 S  0.0  0.0   0:04.67 init
    2 root       9   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.39 keventd
    3 root      19  19     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.05
ksoftirqd_CPU0
    4 root       9   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:02.64 kswapd
    5 root       9   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 bdflush
    6 root       9   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.06 kupdated
   45 root       9   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kapmd
   58 root       9   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 khubd
  157 daemon     9   0   204  164  164 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 portmap
  249 root       9   0   376  368  316 S  0.0  0.3   0:00.08 syslogd
  257 root       9   0   912  100  100 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.25 klogd
  289 root       8   0   276  100  100 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.07 cardmgr
  306 knoppix    9   0  1016  968  648 S  0.0  0.8   0:00.47 famd
  311 root       9   0   132   80   80 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 inetd
  316 root       9   0  1564 1052  924 S  0.0  0.8   0:00.16 nmbd
  318 root       9   0   992  120  120 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 smbd
  327 root       9   0   332  112  112 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.25 sshd
  334 root       9   0   636  372  352 S  0.0  0.3   0:00.05 cupsd
  364 daemon     9   0   180  128  128 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 atd
  367 root       9   0   260  196  180 S  0.0  0.2   0:00.04 cron
  372 root       9   0   236  172  172 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.01 kdm
  375 root       9   0   136   88   88 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.04 getty
  376 root       9   0   136   88   88 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 getty
  377 root       9   0   136   88   88 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.01 getty
  378 root       9   0   136   88   88 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 getty
  379 root       9   0   136   88   88 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 getty
  380 root       9   0   136   88   88 S  0.0  0.1   0:00.00 getty


--------
[email protected]:~$ ps aux
USER       PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         1  0.0  0.0    72   52 ?        S    01:25   0:04 init [5]
root         2  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   01:25   0:00 [keventd]
root         3  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SWN  01:25   0:00
[ksoftirqd_CPU0]
root         4  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   01:25   0:02 [kswapd]
root         5  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   01:25   0:00 [bdflush]
root         6  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   01:25   0:00
[kupdated]
root        45  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   01:25   0:00 [kapmd]
root        58  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   01:25   0:00 [khubd]
daemon     157  0.0  0.1  1704  164 ?        S    01:25   0:00
/sbin/portmap
root       249  0.0  0.2  1540  344 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/sbin/syslogd
root       257  0.0  0.0  2208   96 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/sbin/klogd
root       289  0.0  0.0  1636   96 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/sbin/cardmgr
knoppix    306  0.0  0.7  3112  968 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/usr/sbin/famd -T 0
root       311  0.0  0.0  1520   76 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/usr/sbin/inetd
root       316  0.0  0.6  5364  784 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/usr/sbin/nmbd -D
root       318  0.0  0.0  7344  116 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/usr/sbin/smbd -D
root       327  0.0  0.0  3076  108 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/usr/sbin/sshd
root       334  0.0  0.2  4308  368 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/usr/sbin/cupsd
daemon     364  0.0  0.0  1672   92 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/usr/sbin/atd
root       367  0.0  0.1  1748  196 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/usr/sbin/cron
root       372  0.0  0.1  2440  132 ?        S    01:26   0:00
/usr/bin/kdm
root       375  0.0  0.0  1484   84 tty1     S    01:26   0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
root       376  0.0  0.0  1484   84 tty2     S    01:26   0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
root       377  0.0  0.0  1484   84 tty3     S    01:26   0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
root       378  0.0  0.0  1484   84 tty4     S    01:26   0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
root       379  0.0  0.0  1484   84 tty5     S    01:26   0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
root       380  0.0  0.0  1484   84 tty6     S    01:26   0:00
/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
root       381  0.2 10.1 29260 12852 ?       S    01:26   1:21
/etc/X11/X -dpi 75 -nolisten tcp vt7
knoppix    449  0.0  2.3  6804 3004 ?        S    01:27   0:01
/usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 20
knoppix    483  0.0  0.8  5024 1096 ?        S    01:27   0:00
/usr/lib/bonobo-activation/bonobo-activation-server
knoppix    485  0.0  1.9 27836 2508 ?        S    01:27   0:00
/usr/lib/evolution/1.4/evolution-wombat --oaf-activ
root      1990  0.0  0.7  3084  908 ?        S    10:05   0:00 -:0
knoppix   2004  0.1  1.6  4160 2048 ?        S    10:05   0:00
/usr/bin/fluxbox
knoppix   2032  0.0  0.4  2668  600 ?        S    10:05   0:00
/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/fluxbox
knoppix   2034  0.0  0.9  6184 1260 ?        S    10:05   0:00
/usr/bin/X11/wmdrawer
knoppix   2035  4.8 21.0 56028 26696 ?       S    10:05   0:31 evolution
knoppix   2036 24.2 28.0 55120 35608 ?       R    10:05   2:40
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin
knoppix   2046  0.0 28.0 55120 35608 ?       S    10:06   0:00
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin
knoppix   2047  0.0 28.0 55120 35608 ?       S    10:06   0:00
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin
knoppix   2048  0.2  6.8 20048 8728 ?        S    10:06   0:01 psi
knoppix   2050  0.0 28.0 55120 35608 ?       S    10:06   0:00
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin
knoppix   2052  0.0  4.6 20992 5908 ?        S    10:06   0:00
/usr/lib/evolution/1.4/evolution-alarm-notify --oaf
knoppix   2054  0.0  6.8 20048 8728 ?        S    10:06   0:00 psi
knoppix   2059  0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ?       S    10:06   0:00 evolution
knoppix   2060  0.3 21.0 56028 26696 ?       S    10:06   0:01 evolution
knoppix   2061  0.3 21.0 56028 26696 ?       S    10:06   0:02 evolution
knoppix   2070  0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ?       S    10:06   0:00 evolution
knoppix   2082  0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ?       S    10:07   0:00 evolution
knoppix   2083  0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ?       S    10:07   0:00 evolution
knoppix   2093  1.1 11.3 25536 14340 ?       R    10:13   0:02 konsole
knoppix   2095  0.0  5.6 19904 7132 ?        S    10:14   0:00 kdeinit:
Running...
knoppix   2098  0.0  6.0 20040 7644 ?        S    10:14   0:00 kdeinit:
dcopserver --nosid --suicide
knoppix   2101  0.0  6.4 20372 8144 ?        S    10:14   0:00 kdeinit:
klauncher
knoppix   2103  0.7  8.7 22344 11120 ?       S    10:14   0:01 kdeinit:
kded
knoppix   2107  0.6  1.8  5440 2332 pts/0    S    10:14   0:01 /bin/bash
knoppix   2127  4.2 11.2 26220 14316 pts/0   S    10:16   0:01 kedit
knoppix   2128  0.0 21.0 56028 26696 ?       S    10:16   0:00 evolution
knoppix   2129  4.4  1.8  5440 2336 pts/1    S    10:16   0:01 /bin/bash
knoppix   2149  0.0  0.6  2852  816 pts/1    R    10:16   0:00 ps aux

---
[email protected]:~$ vmstat 1
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in    cs us sy
id wa
 2  1  25276   3952   2952  50304    1    3    14     5  103    39  2  0
98  0
 2  0  25276   4128   2960  50272    0    0   100     0  112   349 26  5
69  0
 0  0  25276   4224   2960  50272    0    0     0     0  101   313 29  2
69  0
 0  0  25276   4224   2960  50272    0    0     0     0  101   362 27  0
73  0
 0  0  25276   4160   2960  50272    0    0     0     0  101   312 15  1
84  0
 1  0  25276   4252   2964  50272    0    0     4     0  102   326 34  1
65  0
 1  0  25276   4252   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  101   346 24  0
76  0
 0  0  25276   4212   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  101   327 21  0
79  0
 2  0  25276   4196   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  101   283 10  0
90  0
 2  0  25276   4244   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  133   382 12  1
87  0
 2  0  25276   4252   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  202   529 29  1
70  0
 1  0  25276   4244   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  156   432 29  4
67  0
 1  0  25276   4244   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  127   389 47  2
51  0
 3  0  25276   4204   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  213   517 42  2
56  0
 1  0  25276   4252   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  123   469 26  3
71  0
 1  0  25276   3996   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  189   533 44  7
50  0
 2  0  25276   4236   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  165   456 38  2
60  0
 2  0  25276   4244   2964  50272    0    0     0     0  174   431 21  1
78  0
 2  1  25276   3944   2864  49320    0    0    12     0  159   536 52  4
44  0
 2  0  27040   6948   2740  48488    0   72     4    72  118   399 69  5
26  0
 2  0  27040   7112   2740  48488    0    0     0     0  101   349 20  2
78  0
 2  0  27040   7152   2740  48488    0    0     0     0  101   287 13  1
86  0
 0  0  27040   7112   2740  48488    0    0     0     0  101   319 27  4
69  0
 1  0  27040   7136   2740  48488    0    0     0     0  101   343 33  1
66  0
 2  0  27040   7136   2740  48488    0    0     0     0  101   321 13  2
85  0
 2  0  27040   7152   2740  48488    0    0     0     0  115   359 17  1
82  0
 1  0  27040   7096   2740  48488    0    0     0     0  114   354 64  4
32  0
 1  0  27040   6948   2740  48488    0    0     0     0  116   364 56  3
41  0
 1  0  27040   7064   2740  48488    0    0     0     0  101   325 33  0
67  0
 2  0  27040   5712   2740  48488   32    0    32     0  194   458 27  1
72  0
 2  0  27040   6960   2744  48304    0    0    60     0  198   624 78  7
15  0
 3  0  27040   6856   2744  48304    0    0     0     0  195   660 93 
7  0  0
 2  0  27040   7276   2744  48188    0    0    40     0  183   551 84 
9  7  0
 2  0  27040   6892   2760  48548    0    0   376     0  192   633 59  5
36  0
 2  0  27040   6736   2764  48632    0    0    88     0  218   988 83  3
14  0

--
[email protected]:~$ mcedit /etc/init.d/cron 

#!/bin/sh
# Start/stop the cron daemon.

test -f /usr/sbin/cron || exit 0

case "$1" in
start)	echo -n "Starting periodic command scheduler: cron"
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/crond.pid
--exec /usr/sbin/cron
        echo "." 
	;;
stop)	echo -n "Stopping periodic command scheduler: cron"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/crond.pid
--exec /usr/sbin/cron
        echo "."
        ;;
restart) echo -n "Restarting periodic command scheduler: cron"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/crond.pid
--exec /usr/sbin/cron
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/crond.pid
--exec /usr/sbin/cron
        echo "."
        ;;
reload|force-reload) echo -n "Reloading configuration files for periodic
command scheduler: cron"
	# cron reloads automatically
        echo "."
        ;;
*)	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/cron start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload"
        exit 1 
        ;;
esac
exit 0
---
[email protected]:~$ mcedit /etc/init.d/anacron 

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/anacron: start anacron
#

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

test -f /usr/sbin/anacron || exit 0

case "$1" in
  start)
    if test -x /usr/bin/on_ac_power 
    then
        /usr/bin/on_ac_power >/dev/null
        if test $? -eq 1
        then
          echo "Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: deferred while on battery
power."
	  exit 0
        fi
    fi

    # on_ac_power doesn't exist, on_ac_power returns 0 (ac power being
used)
    # or on_ac_power returns 255 (undefined, desktop machine without
APM)
    echo -n "Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: anacron"
    anacron -s
    echo "."
    ;;
  restart|force-reload|stop)
  	# nothing to do
    :
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/anacron start"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0
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