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what IS this gam_server thing? [solved]


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I just upgraded from 10.1 to 2007.

I noticed this program gam_server in the process list.

After looking for info on this board and the net, I understand this is part of gamin, a replacement for fam and is supposed to monitor the filesystem for alterations.

 

What I haven't been able to find out is what kind of alterations are we talking about? What is the benefit of running it?

I noted that when I open a text file in kwrite and then modify it externally, kwrite does not even notice that the file just changed. So gam_server obviously does not monitor that type of change.

 

I have 6 partitions in the /mnt directory. Sometimes, gam_server takes about 70% of the cpu nonstop.

If I kill it, another instance starts immediately.

It cannot be disabled because it's not a system service. If I'm right this is part of gnome, I use kde. I cannot remove it because 84 packages need it on my system, including krozat (screensavers). I mean wtf??

 

Is there a way to disable/remove this without breaking my system?

 

Thanks.

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I've noticed gam server before, but never disabled it. I've never noticed it or had it eating resource like yourself though. Have you applied all available updates to your system, in case a fix had been released for the problem you're experiencing?

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This is a fairly common but seemingly random bug ... I had it once ... I messed about and fixed it but I can't remember how but these links should throw some light...

 

http://www.gnome.org/~veillard/gamin/config.html

 

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313606

 

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-li...y/msg00196.html

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This link I found from Mandriva's official forum:

 

http://forum.club.mandriva.com/viewtopic.p...25f8e10e6650945

 

it is just to delete it. There is no service you can disable to stop it, it doesn't exist in the services list. I've just checked. So, it seems your only way is to rename/delete it so that it doesn't run in the first place.

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Thanks all for the reply.

Just did chmod -x on the executable and it stopped loading at boot.

Haven't noticed a problem yet. Whatever task it was meant for, it must not have been that important.

 

It is just annoying that so many packages depend on it, given that I wasn't a huge fan of fam either.

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