Systom monitor is well known for giving erroneous values for CPU usage. All other system monitor values are OK.
Try either: Wintop from the old kernel toys. Do not load anything other than Wintop. OR TaskInfo. A superb program with lots of task information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Stordahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stuart Santelmann KC1F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tony Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <dxbase@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 20:39 Subject: Re: [DXBase] internet cluster window > Stu > > I just tested W98SE as follows: > > Started DXB2004 and via telnet connected to a cluster. I started the system > monitor program. You can find it at: Programs/Accessories/System > Tools/System Monitor. That program indicates how busy your processor is at > the moment. > > It showed a very low value, a few percent. Then I pulled the ethernet cable > from the computer, the CPU usage went to 100%. I cancelled DXB2004, the > usage dropped to next to nothing and stayed there. > > I reattached the ethernet cable to the computer, and using the built in > Windows telnet program I connected to the cluster. The CPU utilization was > just a few percent. I pulled the ethernet cable, the usage stayed at a low > value. > > I have tried other telent clients, none of them exhibit the 100% CPU > utilization problem. > > Stu, have you tested using the System Monitor so you can see actual CPU > utilization? > > The problem exists with DXBase2002/2003/2004 and Windows 98, ME, 2000. I > have not tested it with XP, but I believe others have reported the problem > there as well. > > I can live with it, but its long past the time when it should be fixed. > > Ron, N5IN > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart Santelmann KC1F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tony Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <dxbase@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 1:47 PM > Subject: Re: [DXBase] internet cluster window > > > > > > > > > > > You are the only one that I have ever heard of. > > > The only way you will notice it is, if you loose > > > the telnet connection and your Internet Cluster window is still open. > > > It you close the Internet Cluster after you loose the connection then > > > the 100% CPU usage will go away. > > > I wonder what operating system you are using? > > > Do you ever try to run other programs while DXBase is running? > > > If I loose my connection here and I am running something like a > > > PSK program the waterfall will slow down and be jerky. If I happen > > > to be running something like Microsoft Word then ever time I type > > > a character it will take about a minute for it to appear on the screen, > > etc. > > > I have tried other logging programs such as Logic6, Logger32 and they > > > don't have this problem. So I don't think it is a Microsoft problem. > > > > > > 73 de Tony, KD4K > > > > > > > Hi Tony: > > > > I've attempted to replicate the problem you describe, and cannot. I > > open the Internet Cluster window, connect to a node, physically disconnect > > the cable modem for even up to 20 minutes, with no excessive CPU usage. I > > can use Microsoft Word, my PSK program Digipan, other programs etc with no > > problems. I'm using W98SE on a Pentium 166, 32 meg of RAM. Another list > > member had indicated to me privately that some list members did NOT have > the > > problem. I'm using DXB 2004, and the previous version I was using was > 2000, > > and never noticed a problem with either version. I have no particular > > computer expertise, as I am a social worker, so I wonder where the problem > > can be ?! > > > > 100 % satisfied DXbase user since 1993... > > Very 73 Stu KC1F > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
