On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 23:00, Jack Coates wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 15:53, David E. Fox wrote: > > What would cause the following - other than hardware issues - I've only > > seen this type of behavior a log time ago when I had intermittent power > > to my HD drives. > > > > And that was with an older system. > > hardware -- overheating, low power, gremlins. what does 'df' say
> > > > > Specifically, any number of ps/w/top or related commands are hanging the > > shell. urpmi.update -a also hangs the shell. I am in the middle of a backup > > and so far have had to abort it twice and restart because of this. These > > processes are blocking so that I end up with a very high load average -- at > > present it is over 20. > > > > lacking access to /proc would do that -- any difference if root? msec up > at 4 or 5? > > > Surprisingly, system response is speedy - it's just that the system thinks > > each of these processes is one that's waiting in the run queue, which of > > course, they are. > > > > Oh well, reboot time again. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > David E. Fox Thanks for letting me > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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