Unexplained network activity

[David J. Bakeman]

Mike McCarty wrote:

> David J. Bakeman wrote:
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>> Andy Green wrote:
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>>> David J. Bakeman wrote:
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>>>> Since I upgraded to the latest FC4 kernel 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 I've 
>>>> been seeing unexplained network activity in the gnome System 
>>>> Monitor 2.10.1 applet.  Using ps (verified with rpm to not be 
>>>> corrupted) and netstat I can't explain the apparent activity.  Is 
>>>> this an issue with the gnome applet?  Do I have some virus that's 
>>>> using the network?  Any ideas?
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>>> More details, ports, traffic, protocols.
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>> Sorry I had some issues doing some upgrades today (the latest 
>> gnome-system-monitor is dependant on the latest gtop even though apt 
>> didn't seem to catch that).
>>
>> Both ethereal and tcpdump show nothing when I think I'n doing nothing 
>> even though the gnome system monitor displays >60% usage(Both 
>> ethereal and tcpdump do show something when I'm reading email, 
>> accessing the web, etc)?  Who do I believe?
>
>
> Umm, my GNOME system monitor doesn't show such activity. Maybe I've
> got an older version. Mine only shows CPU/Process and memory.

 From the about key:

System Monitor version 2.12.3
A system load monitor capable of displaying graphs for
CPU, ram, and swap space use, plus network traffic.

>
> Mike