Damian wrote: > > El mi�, 27-03-2002 a las 00:30, David Savolainen escribi�: > > hello all, > > Ever since I upgraded to 8.2, my load average will not drop below 1.00. > > >From what I have been able to determine, the load average is a measure > > of jobs in the run queue. What job could be permanently stuck in the run > > queue? How do I clear it (whatever "it" is) and bring things back to > > normal? ps does not seem to indicate anything continuously running. In > > fact, kapm-idled seems to be awol. Any ideas about what could be > > happening? > > > > Many thanks > > > > David > > it's probably a zombie/hung application. run kpm, top, gtop or whatever > task manager you like, sort processes by CPU time the are taking, > anything above 30% is high. so kill it and see what happens. > > anyway, note that prcesses that have the string " idle " in their names > are not necesarily taking up processor cycles. for example, if you > have a process taking 95% of CPU time called kernel-idle > ( just making the name up ) it just means that CPU is idle 95% > of it's time. > > HTH > > Damian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Thanks for the response. When my system only has top and X running, the only processes using cpu cycles are top and X. The precent of cpu cycles usually stays below 1%. Although, Top always shows 1 process running. Shutting down X does not bring my load average below 1.00, so the culprit can't be X or an X app. Even when I have not apps of any kind running, my load aveage stays nailed at 1.00. Attached is the output of ps -aux. Maybe someone can see what I am missing. USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.1 1412 504 ? S Mar26 0:06 init root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar26 0:00 [keventd] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar26 0:00 [kapmd] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN Mar26 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar26 0:02 [kswapd] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar26 0:00 [bdflush] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar26 0:00 [kupdated] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW< Mar26 0:00 [mdrecoveryd] root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar26 0:00 [kreiserfsd] root 65 0.0 0.2 1772 804 ? S Mar26 0:00 devfsd /dev root 278 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar26 0:00 [pagebuf_daemon] root 603 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar26 0:00 [khubd] root 1020 0.0 0.1 1512 548 ? S Mar26 0:01 syslogd -m 0 root 1029 0.0 0.2 2012 1020 ? S Mar26 0:00 klogd -2 daemon 1083 0.0 0.0 1436 284 ? S Mar26 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 1206 0.0 0.4 4848 1880 ? S Mar26 0:00 cupsd root 1340 0.0 0.1 4204 708 ? D Mar26 0:00 /usr/sbin/amd -F /etc/amd.conf -a /net root 1378 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Mar26 0:00 [rpciod] rpc 1395 0.0 0.1 1544 460 ? S Mar26 0:00 portmap root 1468 0.0 0.1 1520 584 ? S Mar26 0:00 /usr/sbin/automount --timeout 60 /misc file /etc/auto.misc root 1485 0.0 0.1 1520 580 ? S Mar26 0:00 /usr/sbin/automount --timeout 60 /net program /etc/auto.net root 1599 0.0 0.1 1452 420 ? S Mar26 0:00 gpm -t imps2 -m /dev/psaux root 1700 0.0 0.1 1620 608 ? S Mar26 0:00 crond xfs 1741 0.0 1.3 6460 5156 ? S Mar26 0:00 xfs -port -1 -daemon -droppriv -user xfs root 2030 0.0 0.3 2396 1296 tty1 S Mar26 0:00 login -- david root 2031 0.0 0.1 1380 408 tty2 S Mar26 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 root 2032 0.0 0.1 1380 408 tty3 S Mar26 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 root 2033 0.0 0.1 1380 408 tty4 S Mar26 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 root 2038 0.0 0.1 1380 408 tty5 S Mar26 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 root 2039 0.0 0.1 1380 408 tty6 S Mar26 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 david 2855 0.0 0.4 2788 1592 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 -bash david 2940 0.0 0.3 2420 1200 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/openwin/bin/startx david 2957 0.0 0.1 2268 640 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 xinit /home/david/.xinitrc -- -deferglyphs 16 root 2959 0.1 3.0 56724 11728 ? R Mar26 0:35 /etc/X11/X :0 -deferglyphs 16 david 3053 0.0 0.0 2416 8 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 sh /home/david/.xinitrc david 3054 0.0 0.1 2976 652 vc/1 S Mar26 0:01 /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2 david 3159 0.0 0.2 2588 1140 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/FvwmButtons 7 4 /etc/X11/fvwm2/menu 0 8 david 3161 0.0 0.1 2604 732 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/FvwmAnimate 9 4 /etc/X11/fvwm2/menu 0 8 david 3163 0.0 0.3 3340 1508 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 xclock david 3165 0.0 0.2 2496 860 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm2/FvwmPager 11 4 /etc/X11/fvwm2/menu 0 8 0 0 david 3167 0.0 0.4 3604 1624 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 xload -jumpscroll 1 -nolabel david 3169 0.0 0.4 3756 1692 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 xbiff david 3170 0.0 0.3 3284 1472 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 xeyes david 4037 0.0 0.2 2408 1128 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/lib/cups/scripts/cupsWebAdmin 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/nu david 4038 0.0 0.3 2412 1160 tty1 S Mar26 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/cups/scripts/cupsWebAdmin david 4039 0.0 5.8 29628 22328 tty1 S Mar26 0:15 /usr/lib/netscape/netscape-communicator http://localhost:631/ david 4090 0.0 0.9 17272 3712 tty1 S Mar26 0:00 (dns helper) david 7221 0.0 0.6 4248 2676 ? S Mar26 0:00 oafd --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=11 david 7262 0.0 0.6 5456 2328 vc/1 S Mar26 0:20 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real -name Terminal -sb -sl 1500 -ls david 7271 0.0 0.4 2796 1604 pts/0 S Mar26 0:00 -bash david 7295 0.0 0.4 7448 1824 ? S Mar26 0:01 /usr/bin/medusa-idled david 7400 0.0 0.2 5456 836 vc/1 S Mar26 0:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real -name Terminal -sb -sl 1500 -ls david 7409 0.0 0.1 2796 644 pts/1 S Mar26 0:00 -bash david 15104 0.4 0.2 2116 1032 pts/0 S 05:54 0:09 top david 15414 0.7 0.8 5620 3228 vc/1 S 06:30 0:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm.real -name Terminal -sb -sl 1500 -ls david 15423 0.5 0.4 2796 1604 pts/2 S 06:30 0:00 -bash david 15482 0.0 0.2 2840 896 pts/2 R 06:30 0:00 ps -aux Thanks a lot! David
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