try: ps -aux|less then look for anything that might causing it. Unlike top this will only give you a snapshot.
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 11:28, Nick Rout wrote: > I have a small printserver box with a very cut down distro on board. It > doesn't have top. I just noticed its load average is above 2 for at > least the last 15 minutes (ie during morning tea when no one is printing). > > How do I tell whats causing this without "top". > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch New Zealand phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895 Fax 3642222
