Le jeu, 22 fév 2001, vous avez écrit :
> > > Why does modutils need "vixie-cron >= 3.0.1-31" ???
> >
> > $ rpm -ql modutils |grep cron
> > /etc/cron.d/kmod
> > $ cat /etc/cron.d/kmod
> > # rmmod -a is a two-hand sweep module cleaner
> > */10 * * * * root /sbin/rmmod -as

J'ai demandé a ètre déconnecter de la liste!!!!
Merci de respecter ma tranquilité.............!
> >
> > Thus the modutils uses cron to clean uneeded modules every 10 minutes.
>
> <OFF-TOPIC RANT>
> Just as an FYI, I have had a few intermitant problems
> with a couple systems, and the only thing I can track it
> back to is this process (the kmod cron job). I have
> disabled it on all of my systems, and they have run
> without a problem ever since.
>
> On two systems, it apparently did something to corrupt
> the network card's module, although lsmod still showed it
> as loaded. No traffic what-so-ever could pass through.
> Being sort of an uptime guy (I really don't belive in
> rebooting a Linux box, unless you're changing a kernel,
> there's no need), I ended up taking the system down to
> runlevel 1, downing the interface, removing the module,
> modprobe'ing it back in, and then bringing the interface
> back up. The only thing in the logs that happened at the
> same moment I lost connectivity was that kmod cron job.
>
> Like I said, this is something that has happened a couple
> of times. I have 2 Mdk7.2 systems with > 100 days of
> uptime and another that's rebooted somewhat frequently.
> It's happened to at least two of them, but the instances
> were few and far between, and since it's been disabled,
> hasn't happened at all.
> </OFF-TOPIC RANT>
>
>
> Don Head
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