diff -Naur ganglia-3.0.0/srclib/libmetrics/linux/metrics.c ganglia-3.0.0-mod/srclib/libmetrics/linux/metrics.c
--- ganglia-3.0.0/srclib/libmetrics/linux/metrics.c	2005-02-02 16:24:14.000000000 -0200
+++ ganglia-3.0.0-mod/srclib/libmetrics/linux/metrics.c	2005-02-08 10:52:13.000000000 -0200
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
   char buffer[BUFFSIZE];
 } timely_file;
 
-timely_file proc_stat    = { 0, 15, "/proc/stat" };
-timely_file proc_loadavg = { 0, 15, "/proc/loadavg" };
-timely_file proc_meminfo = { 0, 30, "/proc/meminfo" };
+timely_file proc_stat    = { 0, 1, "/proc/stat" };
+timely_file proc_loadavg = { 0, 1, "/proc/loadavg" };
+timely_file proc_meminfo = { 0, 1, "/proc/meminfo" };
 timely_file proc_net_dev = { 0, 30, "/proc/net/dev" };
 
 char *update_file(timely_file *tf)