From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 29 00:16:45 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F049D16A41F for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:16:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mse_software@charter.net) Received: from mxsf40.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf40.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.172]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2179643D95 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:16:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mse_software@charter.net) Received: from mxip29a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip29a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.188]) by mxsf40.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jAT0GJai018404 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:16:19 -0500 Received: from 68-116-0-143.dhcp.knwk.wa.charter.com (HELO yak.mseubanks.net) ([68.116.0.143]) by mxip29a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 28 Nov 2005 19:16:17 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.97,386,1125892800"; d="scan'208"; a="544305956:sNHT24130370" From: Mike Eubanks To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1133201940.901.27.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> References: <1132964757.831.20.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> <43891EA5.2020206@mac.com> <1133083658.838.109.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> <20051127204344.GB3175@xor.obsecurity.org> <1133155455.868.135.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> <20051128081055.GA14374@xor.obsecurity.org> <1133201940.901.27.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:16:16 -0800 Message-Id: <1133223376.2269.51.camel@yak.mseubanks.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: NFS network load on 5.4-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mse_software@charter.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:16:46 -0000 On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 10:19 -0800, Mike Eubanks wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 03:10 -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 09:24:15PM -0800, Mike Eubanks wrote: > > > > > I made the sysctl modification. Still no luck though. The only process > > > that had any activity using the top with the -S option, or after sorting > > > by total, was the swapper/syncer. Even then, it was hardly active. The > > > network traffic persists. > > > > Weird, I don't know what that means. > > > > Kris > > I was thinking about graphing the network activity on the client and > server in the background using the bpf while running different processes > in the foreground to see what process is actually creating the traffic. > I think an actual graph would give me a better idea of what is going on. > Right now, I would like to assume it is a part of Gnome as was suggested > before, although, I'd rather be sure. > > Solved. There was a panel applet that was monitoring disk activity. I did a diff comparison on my previous vs. new config files (in ~/.gconf). After a bit of sorting, there were extra applet paths even though the visual config was nearly identical. Specifically, there was a config for a multiload applet and different viewiable loads enabled. There was also a multiload process running, so I killed it and network activity dropped immediately. I tried removing everything on the panel, although, nothing appears to kill that specific process/applet. This looks like a different problem entirely and must have been automatically configured with the initial loading of Gnome when I did the refresh. Thanks for the responses. -- Mike Eubanks