> > > have you run top to see your memory usage when you're seeing the
> problem?
> > > That will tell you what's using the CPU as well as if memory is fully
> used
> > > and you're swapping badly
> >
> >How can I tell if I'm "swapping badly?"
>
> See if swap space is utilized and check for processes going into SW (swap
> wait) mode/state
>
>

Jim,

Swap spaced used (according to top) is a mere 120k (with 2GB free).

Then you're golden in that situation, it's something else

How can I check for Swap Wait mode?  According to the ps man page, the W
process state code is "not valid since the 2.6.xx kernel". Is there some
other way to tell? I'm not getting any SW and I assume that with the mere
120k of swap space being used, I won't get much.

I'm showing my age. I've been dealing with Linux since the 2.0.33 kernels
so everything blends together


As I said, this is a machine with 1GB of RAM and other than capturing, I use
it for mencoder, a firewall/proxy using iptables, and a file server. And
since I'm running these tests without mencoder running concurrently and
still seeing the problem, I'm fairly certain it's not a memory/swap issue.

no further ideas. Good luck and report back when you find it





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