gam_server : 100% CPU again

[Marcel Janssen]

On Monday 03 April 2006 22:53, Deron Meranda wrote:
> On 4/3/06, Marcel Janssen <korgull at home.nl> 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