On Monday 03 April 2006 22:53, Deron Meranda wrote: > On 4/3/06, Marcel Janssen <korgull@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > How can I remove gam_server permanently from my system (seems to have > > lots of dependencies so just uninstalling isn't an option) ? > > Aside from checking the version and reporting bugzilla notices, > you CAN do these things (no root permisssions needed): > > 1. Renice the process so it's a lower priority > renice +2 -p <PID> > > 2. Temporarily STOP the process > kill -STOP <PID> > and later re-enable it with > kill -CONT <PID> > > Also note that the purpose of GAM is to detect changes to your filesystem > (so it can update the desktop icons, etc). If you have another process > that is creating a lot of files, then you should have it use some > subdirectory someplace (and not your home directory), as that should not > wake > gam_server up as much. Thanks for letting me know. I think that the only process that's changing anything in my home dir is kmail because it receives mail in my mail box there. If this is causing the trouble than I hope I move kmail's box out of my home dir. I'll check on that. regards, Marcel
