Thanks for the suggestion. But this may actually be on purpose. I/O Wait means that the processor is not doing anything, because it is waiting for some I/O to finish. The CPU *could* be doing work, but it isn't. So, from the processor's viewpoint (which is what the applet is showing), it is idle.
See links: http://www.metron.co.uk/reference/performance_tips/unix/unix_tip11.html http://nixcraft.com/linux-software/431-what-i-o-wait-under-ps-command.html -- Color for IOWait hard to distinguish from Idle color https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152228 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-system-monitor in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
