What service runs every five minutes?

danwaineo · #1 7th June 2007, 02:52 AM

I'm watching videos in mythtv, and I'm getting dropouts every five minutes. I've checked the system monitor but the service doesn't last long enough. However, I can see spikes in the CPU display. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Iron_Mike · #2 7th June 2007, 03:04 AM

Open a terminal window and run the command "top"

danwaineo · #3 7th June 2007, 03:11 AM

I'll try, but it doesn't last very long. I don't know if I'll be able to see it.

Iron_Mike · #4 7th June 2007, 03:26 AM

Just watch it for a little bit and you'll see what's hogging the cpu cycles, I'm guessing "makewhatis" or maybe "beagled"

danwaineo · #5 7th June 2007, 03:33 AM

I thought it might be beagled, so I turned if off.

I can't be sure, but it looks like it might be gdm-binary. Weird. Anybody know what GDM does every 5 minutes?

Iron_Mike · #6 7th June 2007, 03:48 AM

Doesn't run here, reboot the computer and run "top" again.....

danwaineo · #7 7th June 2007, 04:02 AM

I think it does - if you are running gnome. Scroll down in "gnome-system-Monitor"

danwaineo · #8 8th June 2007, 06:22 AM

I think I found the problem. I had my wireless router and my HDHomerun to close to each other. I moved them farther apart, and I don't have the problem anymore.