andyholland |
10-16-2007 01:28 PM |
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Originally Posted by deesto
(Post 2816625)
Since it is not malicious code, I wouldn't call it a "virus," but its out-of-control nature does lend itself to the possibility of bad coding. It seems to be a harmless package that tries to do good things (tracking file changes for you is a good thing), but there's got to be a better way of keeping it under control than waiting for it to consume 100% CPU so it can be killed.
I also wonder whether this gam_server CPU cycle problem has something to do with my files/folders not being updated in Nautilus until I manually refresh?
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Harmless? I tried the solution below - it seemed to work for awhile, now it doesn't!
I have a 4 CPU system. When two people are on it, and gam_server magically decides to use 2 CPUs, guess what happens? Its been going on for nearly a year.
Its a very serious thing to write a piece of software that uses all sorts of resources and won't die. It may not have been malicious, but that doesn't make it "harmless."
This computer is used for cancer research and wasting time monitering the system to assure that gam_server is not running amok is not a good use of time.
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