On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Pete Kay wrote: > Hi, > > Here is my w,free, top results when my linux server's network become too > slow again ( it just happened). > <snip> > w output: > 19:41:19 up 1 day, 20:07, 6 users, load average: 1.46, 1.85, 1.86 > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT > anne :0 - Thu23 ?xdm? 26:59 0.87s > x-session-manag > root pts/2 :0.0 Thu23 19:28 56.31s 56.29s asterisk > -vvvvv > 6623 anne 15 0 337m 145m 26m S 24 14.5 169:28.67 firefox-bin > 5574 anne 15 0 67260 17m 11m S 0 1.8 0:08.40 nautilus > <snip>
> For the tcpdump, I have to apt-get install it first and then wait under the > server's network becomes too slow again the next > time. > By the way, when the network becomes slow, the linux server can still run > fine without any slowness. This Linux box is behind a router which has two > computers ( one linux and one vista ) under its network. > > How could I solve this problem? What worries me is that I am consistently > having to reboot 2 - 3 days which means my server is still not ready for > production. > > Please help me. > > Thanks, > Pete > While not having used asterisk myself, I would suggest not running firefox on a machine that is some what critical of uptime. Firefox itself will eat up huge amounts of memory. I would also suggest not running X on it at all if at all possible. Trimming out just X will cut all of that and should leave you with a server that will stay up for a good long while. hth, jeff -- 8 out of 10 Owners who Expressed a Preference said Their Cats Preferred Techno. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]