On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Alexander Apprich wrote: > If you know the time when this happens, check /var/log/messages to see > if the application(s) did some logging. These are the kernel messages from today's frenzy. There are similar records for the other days too: Jul 27 19:34:13 localhost kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is down. Jul 28 05:51:41 localhost kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present Jul 28 06:53:34 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3771 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:01:33 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3784 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:12:16 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3781 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:21:21 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3775 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:25:24 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 5138 (kdesktop_lock). Jul 28 07:30:47 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3756 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:32:03 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3777 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:36:08 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3780 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:40:20 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3774 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:44:27 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3785 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:47:21 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3754 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:50:05 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3751 (kdeinit). Jul 28 07:51:45 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3794 (gaim). Jul 28 07:54:31 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3793 (eggcups). Jul 28 07:56:47 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 7816 (xscreensaver-ge). Jul 28 08:00:40 localhost kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 3759 (kdeinit). Jul 28 08:03:10 localhost kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Jul 28 08:03:10 localhost kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Hmm, it seems that memory is leaking somehow, somewhere. It happens after about 8 hours of inactivity. > Also check for root's and other users crontab to see if there is > something scheduled for the night... I checked the crontab in an xterm like this: [catalin@localhost catalin]$ crontab -l no crontab for catalin [catalin@localhost catalin]$ su - Password: [root@localhost root]# crontab -l no crontab for root [root@localhost root]# Shouldn't I have some jobs done during the night, like updatedb and the like? Very interesting, to say the least... Catalin -- <<<< ================================== >>>> << We are what we repeatedly do. >> << Excellence, therefore, is not an act >> << but a habit. >> <<<< ================================== >>>>