Unexplained network activity

[Mike McCarty]

David J. Bakeman wrote:
> Andy Green wrote:
> 
>> David J. Bakeman wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> More details, ports, traffic, protocols.
> 
> 
> 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.

Mike
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