On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Nadav Har'El wrote: > If you have load 5 but no process is using CPU time, it is most likely > that you have 5 processed in the "D" (uninterruptable sleep) state. Run > "ps aux" and look for a "D" in the STAT column to confirm this hunch.
this sounds odd - a process in the 'D' state is in an uninterruptible wait on a resource. thus, it is not supposed to be in the 'ready' (or 'run') queue, and hence shouldn't be counted inside the 'load average' (which counts the number of processes in the 'ready' queue or the 'running' state, in the last X minutes). -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
