mgetty+slack7+hd activity

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:38:39 +0100


Hi,

On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 09:25:07PM +0000, bsjsnake@my-deja.com wrote:
> i have an gateway (p166 with 64 mb ram,no keyboard or video), its
> works for my home network (dial-out and dial-in server).
> good
> before i install mgetty, when i was using my computers to navigate
> on internet, the hardrive of my gateway sleep all the time,
> i think that i have enought ram memory.
> after the instalation of mgetty the hardrive ligths blink every
> +- 10 seconds.
> so ,i'd like use mgetty and have my HD sleeping, is that possible?

Mgetty itself shouldn't cause that (it's sleeping in a select() system
call, and not doing anything - you can see that in the log).

Have you installed faxrunqd?  It would check for new outgoing faxes every
60 seconds...

gert
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