JOHN HEMMER wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, David Savolainen wrote:
> 
> > JOHN HEMMER wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, David Savolainen wrote:
> > >
> > > > I checked to see if chkrootkit is installed, and it isn't.  I just don't
> > > > see what process could be hung up.  Unless I don't know how to  fully
> > > > understand the output of ps. Here is a current ps -ef.  Things have not
> > > > changed much from the ps -aux I attached ealier.
> > > >
> > > > thanks!
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > > UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > >
> > > David,
> > >
> > > I always suspect the process with the highest cpu time. What is
> > > process PID # 2959, /etc/X11/X on the line above, suppose to be
> > > doing? 4 minutes and 6 seconds is a lot of processor time. What
> > > would happen if you kill it?
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >
> > John,
> > The culprit is not X.  I performed a reboot and let it sit over night
> > having run no programs.
> > The load average was nailed at 1.00 all night. Here are the process from
> > a fresh reboot, although, it seems some of the command names have been
> > cut off:
> >
> > USER       PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> > root         1  0.0  0.1  1412  504 ?        S    Mar28   0:06 init
> > root         2  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   Mar28   0:00 [keventd]
> > root         3  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   Mar28   0:00 [kapmd]
> > root         4  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SWN  Mar28   0:00
> > [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
> > root         5  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   Mar28   0:00 [kswapd]
> > root         6  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   Mar28   0:00 [bdflush]
> > root         7  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   Mar28   0:00
> > [kupdated]
> > root         8  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW<  Mar28   0:00
> > [mdrecoveryd]
> > root        11  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   Mar28   0:00
> > [kreiserfsd]
> > root        65  0.0  0.2  1772  908 ?        S    Mar28   0:00 devfsd
> > /dev
> > root       283  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   Mar28   0:00
> > [pagebuf_daemon]
> > root       614  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   Mar28   0:00 [khubd]
> > root      1031  0.0  0.1  1512  596 ?        S    Mar28   0:01 syslogd
> > -m 0
> > root      1040  0.0  0.2  2012 1108 ?        S    Mar28   0:00 klogd -2
> > daemon    1094  0.0  0.1  1436  496 ?        S    Mar28   0:00
> > /usr/sbin/atd
> > root      1217  0.0  0.4  4832 1868 ?        S    Mar28   0:00 cupsd
> > root      1352  0.0  0.4  4204 1580 ?        D    Mar28   0:00
> > /usr/sbin/amd -F
> > root      1392  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   Mar28   0:00 [rpciod]
> > rpc       1408  0.0  0.1  1544  532 ?        S    Mar28   0:00 portmap
> > root      1483  0.0  0.1  1520  636 ?        S    Mar28   0:00
> > /usr/sbin/automou
> > root      1499  0.0  0.1  1520  632 ?        S    Mar28   0:00
> > /usr/sbin/automou
> > root      1610  0.0  0.1  1452  524 ?        S    Mar28   0:00 gpm -t
> > imps2 -m /
> > root      1710  0.0  0.1  1620  664 ?        S    Mar28   0:00 crond
> > xfs       1751  0.0  0.9  4968 3556 ?        S    Mar28   0:00 xfs -port
> > -1 -dae
> > root      1976  0.0  0.3  2404 1292 tty1     S    Mar28   0:00 login --
> > david
> > root      1977  0.0  0.1  1380  408 tty2     S    Mar28   0:00
> > /sbin/mingetty tt
> > root      1978  0.0  0.1  1380  408 tty3     S    Mar28   0:00
> > /sbin/mingetty tt
> > root      1979  0.0  0.1  1380  408 tty4     S    Mar28   0:00
> > /sbin/mingetty tt
> > root      1980  0.0  0.1  1380  408 tty5     S    Mar28   0:00
> > /sbin/mingetty tt
> > root      1981  0.0  0.1  1380  408 tty6     S    Mar28   0:00
> > /sbin/mingetty tt
> > david     9257  0.5  0.4  2784 1592 vc/1     S    06:17   0:00 -bash
> > david     9291  0.0  0.2  2800  856 vc/1     R    06:18   0:00 ps -aux
> >
> > Also, as Rob suggested, here is the output from vmstat:
> >
> >    procs                      memory    swap          io
> > system         cpu
> >  r  b  w   swpd   free   buff  cache  si  so    bi    bo   in    cs  us
> > sy  id
> >  2  1  0    884  19892   4324 138676   0   0    41    30  115    32
> > 1   0  99
> >
> > I am not exactly sure how to parse the results...
> > regards,
> > David
> 
> David,
> 
> The last 2 processes 'bash' and 'ps -aux' with times of 6.17
> and 6.18, respectively look high. Are you running them in a
> loop or from cron? I am new to Linux, but not to Unix, but
> there are a lot of differences, so I am of learning as I go
> along.
> 
> According to 'man vmstat'
> 
> You have:                                      I have:
> r = 2 processes waiting for run time, why?     r = 0
> b = 1 process in uninteruptable sleep, I       b = 0
>       don't know what that mean. Maybe
>       some expert on the list knows. I
>       wonder. Does it mean you have a
>       process in a coma?
> 
> swpd = 884 kB of virtual memory used.          swpd = 0
> 
> These are the most obvious differences between your
> system and mine.
> 
> I don't know if this helps. Good luck!
> 
> John
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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John,
As for the time on "bash" and "ps -aux", that is the start time, not the
actual cpu time used.  As far as the r = 2 part, it isn't always that. 
However, I always have at least r = 1.  I don't recall exatly what I was
doing before I sent that origional message, but it is possible that I
needed swap.  Hense swapd > 1. Maybe b refers to zombie processes.  In
any case, b = 0 now.   Does anyone know how to find out what the actaul
processes are that are waiting for run time?

David

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