Package: atop Version: 2.2.6-4 Severity: normal --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
..on installing atop, I found things going at a glacial pace, a wee part of global climate change, and this fine new cron job: root@box:~# cat /etc/cron.d/atop PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin # daily restart of atop at midnight 0 0 * * * root if [ -d "/run/systemd/system" ]; then systemctl restart atop; else /usr/share/atop/atop.daily \& ; fi ..commenting it out, "brought back life." ..we need to keep an eye out for such systemd tricks causing such DOS, one way is chk which init system is installed, and then install the correct cron job file. root@box:~# dpkg -l atop |grep atop |fmt -tu ii atop 2.2.6-4 amd64 Monitor for system resources and process activity --- System information. --- Architecture: Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-0.bpo.1-rt-amd64 Debian Release: 9 500 stable-updates deb.devuan.org 500 stable-security deb.devuan.org 500 stable deb.devuan.org 100 stable-proposed-updates deb.devuan.org 100 stable-backports deb.devuan.org 100 experimental deb.devuan.org --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed ====================================-+-============= libc6 (>= 2.14) | 2.24-11+deb9u3 libncurses5 (>= 6) | 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2 libtinfo5 (>= 6) | 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2 zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) | 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5 init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~) | 1.48+devuan2.0 lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) | 4.1+devuan2 Recommends (Version) | Installed ==========================-+-=========== cron | 3.0pl1-128+deb9u1 OR cron-daemon | Package's Suggests field is empty. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
