Re: [gentoo-user] load too high

2008-02-12 Thread James R. Campbell
On Monday 11 February 2008, James wrote: Hello, One of the workstations (amd64 2gig ram) has a load that never drops below 1.0, as seen by top. Looking at a ps nothing stands out. I did notice that 'X' is at the top of the list, even when the machine is quiescent (nobody doing anything).

Re: [gentoo-user] load too high

2008-02-12 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2008 schrieb ext James: I did not try this. what's the option to boot into single user mode? No need to boot, just telinit 1 from a running system. And later switch back to normal with telinit 3. HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234

Re: [gentoo-user] load too high

2008-02-12 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: 443-653-1569 wrote: On 23:27 Mon 11 Feb , Miguel Peña Gomez wrote: atop 3 filter by p WOW!!, this atop program is great, one of the best diagnostic tools I've seen. Why haven't I heard more about it? Bill Roberts What package provides that command? Dale :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] load too high

2008-02-12 Thread Dale
443-653-1569 wrote: On 23:27 Mon 11 Feb , Miguel Peña Gomez wrote: atop 3 filter by p WOW!!, this atop program is great, one of the best diagnostic tools I've seen. Why haven't I heard more about it? Bill Roberts What package provides that command? Dale :-) :-) --

Re: [gentoo-user] load too high

2008-02-12 Thread 443-653-1569
On 23:27 Mon 11 Feb , Miguel Peña Gomez wrote: atop 3 filter by p El lun, 11-02-2008 a las 19:49 +, James escribió: Hello, One of the workstations (amd64 2gig ram) has a load that never drops below 1.0, as seen by top. Looking at a ps nothing stands out. I did

Re: [gentoo-user] load too high

2008-02-12 Thread Florian Philipp
On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 07:55 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2008 schrieb ext James: I did not try this. what's the option to boot into single user mode? No need to boot, just telinit 1 from a running system. And later switch back to normal with telinit 3. Just to

[gentoo-user] load too high

2008-02-11 Thread James
Hello, One of the workstations (amd64 2gig ram) has a load that never drops below 1.0, as seen by top. Looking at a ps nothing stands out. I did notice that 'X' is at the top of the list, even when the machine is quiescent (nobody doing anything). Suspiciaous. Clearly I have a run away or hidden

Re: [gentoo-user] load too high

2008-02-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 11 February 2008, James wrote: Hello, One of the workstations (amd64 2gig ram) has a load that never drops below 1.0, as seen by top. Looking at a ps nothing stands out. I did notice that 'X' is at the top of the list, even when the machine is quiescent (nobody doing anything).

Re: [gentoo-user] load too high

2008-02-11 Thread Miguel Peña Gomez
atop 3 filter by p El lun, 11-02-2008 a las 19:49 +, James escribió: Hello, One of the workstations (amd64 2gig ram) has a load that never drops below 1.0, as seen by top. Looking at a ps nothing stands out. I did notice that 'X' is at the top of the list, even when the machine is