weird! harddrive busy all the time!

[Beinan Li]

Thanks!

I know I'm using an ADSL, and I'm able to get online.
Do I have to go to pppoeconf to setup something?
And MOST IMPORTANTLY, is this the source of my
harddrive problem?????

Thank you!

Beinan

nodata wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 17.12.2006, 11:12 -0500 schrieb beinan li:
>   
>> Machine: AMD 64
>> OS: kubuntu 6.06 x86
>> Syndrome: 
>> Ever since logged in, the harddrive seems to be undergoing a lot of
>> activities
>> even though I'm running just firefox, kate, gaim, and terminal. 
>> Looking at the KSystemLog, I got these suspicious messages: 
>> 12/17/2006 11:07:46 AM    kakyo-desktop    dhclient    No DHCPOFFERS
>> received.
>>
>> 12/17/2006 11:07:46 AM    kakyo-desktop    dhclient    No working
>> leases in persistent database - sleeping. 
>>
>> 12/17/2006 11:10:36 AM    kakyo-desktop    dhclient    DHCPDISCOVER on
>> eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
>>
>> 12/17/2006 11:10:40 AM    kakyo-desktop    dhclient    DHCPDISCOVER on
>> eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
>>
>> 12/17/2006 11:10:51 AM    kakyo-desktop    dhclient    DHCPDISCOVER on
>> eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 
>>
>> 12/17/2006 11:11:05 AM    kakyo-desktop    dhclient    DHCPDISCOVER on
>> eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
>>
>> 12/17/2006 11:11:17 AM    kakyo-desktop    dhclient    DHCPDISCOVER on
>> eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
>>
>> 12/17/2006 11:11:32 AM    kakyo-desktop    dhclient    DHCPDISCOVER on
>> eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 
>>
>> 12/17/2006 11:11:37 AM    kakyo-desktop    dhclient    No DHCPOFFERS
>> received.
>>
>>
>> Any ideas as to how i'm gonna solve this?
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Beinan
>>     
>
> Your box is configured for dhcp and is not getting a lease.
> So.. if you are using dhcp make sure your box can see the dhcp server
> (it might be your adsl router, if you have one).
> If it doesn't use dhcp, configure a static ip address.
>
>
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